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A starfish with one arm shorter than the other four.
Researchers Discover How Starfish Cut Ties with Their Limbs
A neuropeptide helps starfish shed their arms to escape predators, providing clues about the mechanisms regulating self-amputation.
Researchers Discover How Starfish Cut Ties with Their Limbs
Researchers Discover How Starfish Cut Ties with Their Limbs

A neuropeptide helps starfish shed their arms to escape predators, providing clues about the mechanisms regulating self-amputation.

A neuropeptide helps starfish shed their arms to escape predators, providing clues about the mechanisms regulating self-amputation.

autotomy

An intact scorpion claw-in-claw with an autotomized one
Constipation’s Effect on Scorpion Sex Garners Biology Ig Nobel
Christie Wilcox, PhD | Sep 16, 2022 | 3 min read
Other winners of this year’s prizes include research on the physics of ducklings and the therapeutic potential of ice cream.
Regenerating Rodent
Sabrina Richards | Sep 26, 2012 | 3 min read
An African mouse can regenerate wounded skin without scarring, providing insight into how tissue regeneration can occur in mammals.
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