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March 9, 2021 05:40 pm GMT
Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2021/03/09/watch-a-slugs-self-decapitated-head-crawl-around-as-it-grows-an-entire-new-body.html
Watch a slug's self-decapitated head crawl around as it grows an entire new body
The decapitated heads of certain sea slugs can crawl around as the animal grows itself a full new body. Ecologists from Nara Women's University iun Japan observed that Elysia cf. marginata sea slugs that pull their heads off their own bodies to free themselves of parasites. — Read the rest
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