Re: BIO: Starfish and Lobsters

Dan Hook (dhook@andrew.cmu.edu)
Thu, 24 Sep 1998 18:26:55 -0400 (EDT)

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