He can never talk, never ever because he is an animal, he has an animal mind brain. You must be very gentle with him because even fall from very small heights can result in injures. He loves his owner and gets devoted to owner, especially liking child at 4 month old. The axolotl won`t grow older than 1 day old, his size, age and brain development will stay forever at 1 day old. He extremely likes to be petted, hugged and held in hands. He prefers staying in owner`s hands than anywhere else.