For the first time found a lizard with six tails


Argentine lizard set a record in regeneration - it grow a full six tails.

Many lizards can regenerate its tail in case of injury or reject it as a defense against predators. After the "reset" of the tail stops bleeding fast, heal wounds and regeneration begins.

Sometimes the tail can not be completely discarded, and the mechanism of regeneration is still turned on. So there are a lizard with two or three tails.

However shestihvostyh lizards are still not met. Young black and white tag (so-called lizard) brought Argentine researchers in Cordoba environmental police officers.

In the tag was heavy wound running along the tail. It was deep - enough for complete separation of the tail, but enough to promote a few points in the vertebrae of an animal, where regeneration occurs.

Scientists have concluded that these tails may impede the movement of lizards, their communication with neighbors and playing, reports New Scientist.

Recall some lizards are willing to sacrifice in order to save the life of not only the tail, but the whole of his skin. So do geckos Geckolepis, who live in Madagascar.