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Rare axolotl found under Welsh bridge probably an abandoned pet, say experts

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Rare axolotl found under Welsh bridge probably an abandoned pet, say experts
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Craze for Mexican salamander as pets fuelled by Pokémon but inexperienced owners are often out of their depthsThe 15th-century Dipping Bridge over the River Ogwr (Ogmore) in the village of Merthyr Mawr near Bridgend, south Wales, got its name from gaps in the parapets where farmers used to push reluctant sheep into the water for a clean. It has now passed the name on: to Dippy the axolotl, an alien-like Mexican salamander found under its arches.Dippy, discovered by 10-year-old Evie Hill last wee

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