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Andrés Cota Hiriart

Querétaro 2024, 

Andrés Cota Hiriart is a biologist, zoologist and writer. He has written books including Cabeza ajena, Faunologías, El ajolote. Biología del anfibio más sobresaliente del mundo and Fieras familiares, and has come close to all kinds of animals in their natural habitats, travelling to some amazing places around the world, like the Galapagos, Borneo, Sulawesi and the island of Guadalupe. At this event, Cota will focus on a wonderful creature from his native Mexico: he will start out with the iconic axolotl and move onto the ajolote of Queretaro state, which is not so commonly mentioned. During the event, he will share images and excerpts from his books.

Ages 10 to 14