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Updated September 2026

Photograph of Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum), recorded as Critically Endangered

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Does the checker phone home?: No. It reads a JSON file we already sent you.
Why do photos load from Wikimedia?: So every animal page can show the actual animal. Commons is the source; we attribute it.
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