[HN Gopher] Sea slugs can shed their body, including heart, and ... ___________________________________________________________________ Sea slugs can shed their body, including heart, and regenerated a new body Author : giuliomagnifico Score : 23 points Date : 2021-04-03 11:35 UTC (1 days ago) (HTM) web link (www.cell.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.cell.com) | formerly_proven wrote: | > The reason why the head can survive without the heart and other | important organs is unclear. [...] We suggest that removing | internal parasites is a likely function of autotomy, at least in | E. atroviridis. All autotomised individuals (and autolysed ones | as well) had a parasite, and after regeneration they became | parasite-free. | | Nature never ceases to amaze. | yosito wrote: | I'm pretty sure this was a major theme in Stargate and other | scifi series. Slugs shed their host bodies when they're no longer | useful and get new ones. | brudgers wrote: | PDF directly, | https://www.cell.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0960-9822%2821%2900... ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-04-04 23:00 UTC)