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This kind of body-splitting is known as autotomy—lizards, for instance, shed their tails to escape predation. Unlike lizards, though, this doesn’t appear to be a defensive strategy. And what the sacoglossan sea slug does next puts it in a class of its own 2/ https://t.co/97UAsYkM9p — PolitiTweet.org

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For most organisms, decapitation is a harsh conclusion to life. Not for this sea slug. The creature separated its head from its body—and then dragged itself around to feed. So, uh, how and why? Here are science’s best guesses 1/ https://t.co/UsfhhOQTCm — PolitiTweet.org

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A day after self-decapitation, the slug’s neck wound closes. After a week, it regenerates a heart. In less than a month, the whole body has grown back, and the disembodied slug is embodied once more 3/ https://t.co/fyIPFssn9k — PolitiTweet.org

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