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Scientists discover the surprising way young alligators regrow missing tails – CNET
It’s a lizard-like ability, but alligators go about it a little differently.
The American alligator has some tail-regrowth secrets to share.
Ruth Elsey and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Everyone knows the fascinating story of lizards, how they can lose a tail to a predator, escape and then grow back a new one later. It’s not just lizards that can perform this biological magic trick. Juvenile alligators appear to have the ability to partially regrow lost tails.
Biologists with Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) spotted alligators in…
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