[HN Gopher] Sea slugs can shed their body, including heart, and ...
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       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)
        
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       | 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.
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       | 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...
        
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