-
fights by
using its tail as a whip
against other conspecifics. It can
autotomize its tail but this is met with a
social cost - tail loss
decreases social...
- smooth, with
scales that do not overlap. Like many
other lizards, they
autotomize,
meaning that they have the
ability to shed
their tails to
escape predators...
- All
captured R.
russellii over 1.5 m long have
autotomized tails; it is
thought that they may
autotomize their tails repeatedly. The
break can
occur near...
-
Elysia marginata are
notable for
possessing the
ability to
completely autotomize their bodies and grow them back
within 20 days.
Being a
member of the...
-
unlike the
huntsman spider,
which does
regenerate autotomized legs. With each time that a leg is
autotomized, the
recluse "changes its gait to
compensate for...
-
posterior wall of the cloaca. Second, most
lepidosaurs have the
ability to
autotomize their tails. However, this
trait has been lost on some
recent species...
- is
known for its
ability to
regenerate its
whole body and
heart after autotomizing it from its head.
While there are few
records of its distribution, E...
- McCambridge, ****, and
Elwood (2016)
demonstrated that
brown crabs that had
autotomized (detached
their own claws)
fared better in
mating than
manually declawed...
- diet in the wild.
Unusually among anoles,
these all lack the
ability to
autotomize their tails.
Together with the
similar (in
appearance and microhabitat)...
-
echinoderms have
great powers of regeneration. Many
species routinely autotomize and
regenerate arms and viscera. Sea cu****bers
often discharge parts of...
