MAKE A MEME View Large Image ...Many lizards can drop their tails, its called caudal autotomy, to escape from predators. During the regeneration process mistakes (probably genetic) can occur and two tails can grow back instead of one. The new tails don't have vertebrae, ...
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Keywords: outdoor lizard animal "Many lizards can drop their tails, its called caudal autotomy, to escape from predators. During the regeneration process mistakes (probably genetic) can occur and two tails can grow back instead of one. The new tails don't have vertebrae, other than that they're basically as functional as the original tail was. George Brusch IV Graduate Student DeNardo Lab School of Life Sciences Arizona State University" "Many lizards can drop their tails, its called caudal autotomy, to escape from predators. During the regeneration process mistakes (probably genetic) can occur and two tails can grow back instead of one. The new tails don't have vertebrae, other than that they're basically as functional as the original tail was. George Brusch IV Graduate Student DeNardo Lab School of Life Sciences Arizona State University"
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