Moment of Um
Moment of Um
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How do lizards detach their tails?
4 minutes Posted Mar 14, 2025 at 8:00 am.
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Lizards are awesome creatures. Some have long forked tongues, others can move their eyeballs in opposite directions. And get this: some lizards can even drop their tails and grow new ones. But how and why do they do this? We asked lizard researcher Laura Kojima to help us find the answer.


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