Kind of a long story, but it's a good one. It's about this guy wanting to become an axolotl. It's pretty good http://sayberklas.tripod.com/anthology_short_stories_in_english/id32.html
Yeah, it's stretching the page... Gorgeous little creature... but I wouldn't want one. I'd feel like I was tainting it somehow. Let it run free!
I would want one, but I prefer to leave wild creatures in the wild. And yes, you might want to consider shrinking your sig pic.