00:10Ahuizatl is a dog-like creature with black, shiny and smooth rubber-like skin. Its water
00:16prefer often clumps up to create spikes, hence its name. The Ahuizatl's limbs are replaced with very
00:23agile hands capable of manipulation and an additional hand on its long tail. The Ahuizatl
00:29is greatly feared for its voracious appetite for human flesh, particularly, human nails,
00:36eyes, and teeth. It is said to live in or near the water and sometimes even weeps like
00:41an abandoned infant in order to attract its prey. Passers-by, curious indigenes or non-indigenes
00:49that would venture a little too close to the water's edge would be snatched by this creature
00:53using the powerful hand on the end of its tail, dragging the person into the depths, to its
00:59home deep in the caves, thereby drowning them. Then it would gladly feed on the nails, eyes,
01:05fingers and teeth of the victim. Left-over corpses were often found completely unscathed but always
01:12left toothless, with empty eye sockets and mutilated digits. The Ahuizatl is thought by some investigators
01:19to be the bane of the water-goers. There is an obscure story of how an unfortunate foreigner
01:24ventured into a watery cavern, where the Ahuizatl lay in wait, unbeknownst to him. When the man
01:31was within reach, he was pulled into the water by the hand on the end of the Ahuizatl's tail.
01:37After a struggle that threw up fish, frogs and frothy water, the man was dragged below the surface and
01:43drowned. The Ahuizatl used its sharp fangs to pull out the man's eyes, teeth and nails. After a few days
01:51the
01:51body floated to the surface but not just any Aztec was authorized to pull it out of the water as
01:57it
01:57was considered to be too precious to touch. This task could only be completed by the priests of the
02:03Tlaloc, water deities. According to Aztec religious belief, victims of the Ahuizatl, who met their death
02:11by drowning traveled to the beautiful earthly paradise of Tlalocan, home to the water god Tlaloc,
02:16his wife, Chilchiutliku, and their helpers, the Tlaloc. It was thought that they were chosen for
02:23this fate by these deities either because of their goodness in life should be rewarded by an eternity
02:28in Tlalocan, or because they had dared to hoard precious stones, symbols of water, instead of
02:34offering them to the gods. A Duranak Aztec king once named himself after the beast and chose it as his
02:40mascot. He was known as the Huitlatoani or Great Speaker, Ahuizatl, and ruled the Aztec empire for 16
02:49years, from 1486 to 1502. Like his namesake, this emperor was swift in war and his aggressive nature
02:57led him to conquer 45 Mesoamerican territories. He is believed to have ordered the sacrifice of over
03:0420,000 people in the name of the construction of the Great Pyramid in Tenochtitlan. After the death
03:10of this evil king, the Aztecs continued to believe in the stories of this horrible mythical beast.
03:16In a bid to identify what kind of creature the Ahuizatl is, the beaver has been likened to it.
03:23However, the beaver's vegetarian tendencies, flat rodent teeth, and lack of a coiled tail whose tip
03:30shows a hand, indicate that the beaver could not be this bizarre creature. Also, the Tlacuach,
03:36a shy, nocturnal animal, which had a great legacy among the Aztecs, was likened to the Ahuizatl.
03:43Some investigators believe that it was this creature that contributed to the creation of the mythical
03:49Ahuizatl. Nevertheless, this shy animal, does not share the traits of an aggressive attacker.
03:55Another animal that was likened to the Ahuizatl is the otter,
03:59which has often shown itself keen to assail humans, especially when its nest is in danger.
04:05With short, sharp teeth, and an oily sheen to its fur, this animal has much in common with the Ahuizatl.
04:12It is carnivorous and, if hungry, would scavenge meat from a drowned body, whose softest parts are
04:19the eyes, gums and fingertips. Having unsuccessfully tried to classify the Ahuizatl as a living animal,
04:26present in Mexico's ecosystem, it has become evident that this treacherous animal could have been the
04:32mythical guardian of the waters, a warrior sent by Tlalic to claim the lives of Aztecs.
04:37The Ahuizatl of Amoiz Alaska, Povulik, was at the Ahuizatl of the because of Tlalic,
04:48The one that stayed in theSuperEarth Fort, the one that stayed in the beautifulăă and
04:48The one that was found on the World Cup, the temple sfx was a man that was the one that
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