Why Animals Keep Self-Amputating

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Some lizards will lose a tail to avoid becoming a meal, but there's more than one reason for animals to self-amputate. Go to http://Brilliant.org/SciShow to try out Brilliant’s Daily Challenges. Sign up now and get 20% off an annual Premium subscription. Correction: [ 00:21 ] The process of ditching a body part on purpose is known as autotomy, not autonomy! Hosted by: Rose Bear Don't Walk SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Alisa Sherbow, Silas Emrys, Drew Hart. Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Adam Brainard, Nazara, GrowingViolet, Ash, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/08/science/decapitated-sea-slugs.html https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(21)00047-6 https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article/28/4/1047/3748244 https://theconversation.com/the-extreme-tac

Published 2021-06-10 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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