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2026-09-18

This slug cuts off its own head.

Fun Fact Doodles
Fun Fact Doodles@Clementine
A sea slug can leave its own body behind — heart and all — and crawl away. Three weeks later the head has grown a new one. 12 #SeaSlug #Regeneration #WeirdScience #AnimalFacts

References

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    Extreme autotomy and whole-body regeneration in photosynthetic sea slugs (Current Biology, 2021)

    doi.org

  2. 2
    Sacoglossan Sea Slugs Can Shed, Then Regenerate Their Main Body (Sci.News)

    sci.news

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