These Slugs Cut Off Their Own Heads When They Want a New Body
These Slugs Cut Off Their Own Heads When They Want a New Body Image: Sayaka Mitoh Elysia cf. marginata and Elysia atroviridis aren’t your average gastropods. First off, they’re members of sacoglossa, a clade of slugs known for taking the algae from marine plants and integrating the chloroplasts from that algae into their own cells, allowing them to get energy from sunlight. These two slug species are also capable of extreme regeneration; they can sever their heads and grow entirely new bodies. Advertisement New research published today in Current Biology describes this incredible feat o...
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