1. Trait compensation denotes the situation in which individuals offset the costs of one trait with the benefits of another trait. The phenomenon of trait compensation is best exemplified by a ...
Wedge-shaped extensions (cranial margins of individual tail muscles) projecting from the proximal end of the released tail stump demonstrate the presence of ‘‘mushroom-shaped’’ structures at the ...
Many species of lizards can drop their tails to distract a predator while they make their getaway, an ability known as tail autotomy. The animals then regrow their tails, but a regrown appendage is ...
This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information The Journal of Mammalogy is the flagship publication of the American Society of Mammalogists. Published since 1919, the highly ...
When danger strikes, humans usually have two choices — run or fight. But in the wild, some animals have figured out a third, much stranger option: drop part of their own body to survive. It’s called ...
Many species of lizards can drop their tails to distract a predator while they make their getaway, an ability known as tail autotomy. The animals then regrow their tails, but a regrown appendage is ...
This is a picture of <i>Ctenosaura sp. Mexico</i>, common name spiny iguana, that has dropped and regenerated its tail! This kind of lizards probably only drop their tails when sufficient force is ...
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