I think it’s worth pointing out that this is a reconstructed breed and not the lineage used by the Mexica. Those dogs died out with European contact. youtu.be/osMu6i2txFA
Did the original breed look anything like the current one? I was just about to say it’s uncanny how the ancient Aztecs and Egyptians had a similar looking death-related mythological thing (this dog and Anubis).
Conveniently, a Xolo dog named Dante was Miguel’s alebrije in the movie Coco.
Artist Diego Rivera was known to be fond of Xolo dogs, and there are pictures of him with his dog and Frida Kahlo, whose likeness also had a cameo in Coco and identified Dante as both a Xolo and an Alebrije.
Idk man, I think it has to do more with size rather than seeded/seedless. I’ve had small and large bananas both, all seedless. Small ones are always straight, big ones always curved. It’s just how they grow out of the petals.
I’m Googling and I don’t think they’re actually related. They’re from totally different parts of the world. But it’s probably another excellent example of convergent evolution.
“To the ancient Aztec and Maya, man’s best friend was also a hairless, ugly-cute healer, occasional food source, and, most importantly, guide to the Underworld.
Sometimes known as the Mexican Hairless dog, the xoloitzcuintli (pronounced “show-low-itz-QUEENT-ly”) gets its name from two words in the language of the Aztecs: Xolotl, the god of lightning and death, and itzcuintli, or dog. According to Aztec belief, the Dog of Xolotl was created by the god to guard the living and guide the souls of the dead through the dangers of Mictlán, the Underworld.”
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