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Autotomy is the behaviour wherein an animal sheds or discards one or more of its appendages, for example tails, usually as a self-defense mechanism or distract or escape from a predator. The lost body part may be regenerated later. Which of these animals exhibits this kind of behaviour?
Autotomy is the behaviour wherein an animal sheds or discards one or more of its appendages, for example tails, usually as a self-defense mechanism or distract or escape from a predator. The lost body part may be regenerated later. Which of these animals exhibits this kind of behaviour?
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The correct option is A Garden lizard
- A Garden Lizard severs its tail as a self-defence mechanism in order to distract its predator. This is known as autotomy or self-amputation.
- The Lizard tail autotomy has developed so that when the tail breaks there is no blood loss, and the tail regrows over six months to a year.
- A Garden Lizard severs its tail as a self-defence mechanism in order to distract its predator. This is known as autotomy or self-amputation.
- The Lizard tail autotomy has developed so that when the tail breaks there is no blood loss, and the tail regrows over six months to a year.
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