Salamanders, starfish, cockroaches… are animals with super impressive regeneration abilities. Scientists even discovered a super-strong animal that can survive in space.
According to John N. Murphy, executive director at the McGowan Institute in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA), this species of snail has the ability to regenerate lost eyes growing on its body.
Deer horns, also known as deer antlers, are an extension of the skull, have a bone structure, and grow into branches in symmetrical pairs. Every year the antlers are shed and regenerated.
Almost only adult males have antlers whose main function is to increase attractiveness, attract females during mating season, or use as a weapon for attack and self-defense.
Sea stars are marine invertebrates widely distributed on the seabed of all the world’s oceans.
Sea stars usually have 5 arms, but in some species this number reaches 40. Sea stars can regenerate their entire bodies, or form new starfish from just a severed arm. The reason is because most of their important organs are located in the arms.
Starworms, scientifically known as Stellaria, are strange creatures that can exist in space for many years. This animal has an amazing ability to regenerate, surprising people.
The starworm will divide its body into many small pieces, each small piece contains complete genetic information and can regenerate into a new individual. This ability to regenerate allows starworms to survive in space for many years.
Shrimp can regrow their claws, just like other arthropods. The regeneration process usually takes one molt to complete.
The claws grow back faster in younger, well-fed shrimp. When molting, it sheds its hard outer skin or shell and replaces it with a new one.
Zebrafish can regenerate stripes on its body and tail. If a fish’s tail fin is bitten off, it can grow a new tail in about 2 to 4 weeks.
Because zebrafish are regeneration experts, researchers have used them as models in many complex tissue regeneration studies.
Lizards in general are famous for their unique “trick” of escaping from enemies, which is dropping their tails to distract enemies as well as distract predators before quickly escaping at high speed. great degree. The tail after falling off can completely regrow within 3 to 4 months.
“Mexican iguana”, is a very popular animal in the aquatic community in recent years. Besides its extremely strange appearance, this aquatic salamander is also famous for its ability to regenerate not only its limbs but also its spinal cord, heart, eyes and parts of the brain.
