Re: BIO: Starfish and Lobsters

From: Dan Hook (dhook@andrew.cmu.edu)
Date: Thu Sep 24 1998 - 16:26:55 MDT


On Thu, 24 Sep 1998, Michael Lorrey wrote:

> As I recall, there are also a few species of lizard which can regrow their
> tails.

The problem, as any herpophile will tell you, is that they don't regrow
the bones that were in the tail. With a litlle training, it is quite easy
to tell the difference between a lizard that has lost its tail and one
that has the original.

Dan



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