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Superpowers of Regenerating Animals

FANTASTIC REAL-LIFE REGENERATING ANIMALS HÄVE YOU ALWAYS WANTED THE ABILITY TO REGENERATE LIKE A SUPERHERO? THESE 8 MARVELOUS CREATURES WILL SHOW YOU HOW IT'S DONE.. SEA STAR DON'T CALL THEM STARFISH! THESE FIVE-ARMED ECHINODERMS ARE NOT FISH AT ALL. AND WITH THEIR AMAZING REGENERATIVE ABILITIES, THEY CAN REGROW MISSING ARMS OR EVEN THEIR ENȚIRE BODIES. SOME HAVE UP TO 40 ARMS! FLATWORM AXOLOTL THIS SWEET-FAÇED WHAT IF YOU COULD CLONE YOURSELF WITH A SINGLE CELL? THEN YOU MIGHT BE A SALAMANDER CAN REGENERATE ITS FLATWORM! THESE SEEMINGLY-BORING LIMBS AND TAIL, PLANARIANS ARE ONE OF THE WORLD'S PLUS PARTS OF MOST DIFFICULT ANIMALS TO KILL, SINCE ITS BRAIN, HEART, AND LOWER JAW. WITH CUTTING THEM INTO PIECES CREATES MORE WORMS. THIS SUPER POWER, IT MAY SOUND HARD TO KEEP THE AXOLOTL DOWN, BUT SADLY, THEY ARE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED. CAN GROW UP TO 10 HEADS! CAN RE-GROW SAME LIMB 100+ TIMES! SPINY MOUSE THIS PRICKLY RODENT MAY SEEM THIN-SKINNED; AFTER ALL, SPINY MICE SLOUGH OFF THEIR OWN SKIN AS A SELF-DEFENSE MECHANISM. BUT THEY SHED THEIR TAILS, TOO! UNLIKE ORDINARY MICE, THESE TOUGH GUYS CAN GROW NEW TISSUE PRACTICALLY OVERNIGHT! GREAT WHITE SHARK A DENTIST'S DREAM, THIS UNDERWATER PREDATOR NEVER RUNS OUT GROWS THOUSANDS OF TEETH IN A LIFETIME! OF TEETH. THOUGH SHARKS LOSE A TOOTH A WEEK ON AVERAGE, BACKUP TEETH "ROTATE" FORWARD TO REPLACE LOST ONES. SEA SPONGE DEER THE ORDINARY WHITE-TAILED THIS POROUS CREATURE MAY NOT DO MUCH, BUT IT CAN SURVIVE ALMOST DEER MIGHT NOT APPEAR TO ANYTHING. AS LONG AS DESERVE SUPERHERO STATUS. THEY HAVE TWwO CELLS BUT ACTUALLY, MALE DEER CALLED COLLENCYTES, CAN REGENERATE AN IMPRESSIVE 60 POUNDS OF SPONGES CAN REGENERATE AFTER BEING ANTLERS IN AS CUT INTO PIECES LITTLE AS THREE OR EVEN MONTHS! MASHED INTO BUCKS REGROW ANTLERS EVERY YEAR! A PASTE. THEY GROW UP TO 10 FT. WIDE! HYDRACTINIA ALSO KNOWN AS "SNAIL FUR" OR "FLOATING HAIR," THESE MICROSCOPIC MARINE ANIMALS ARE FREQUENTLY THEY'RE NO BEHEADED BY HUNGRY FISH. THE GOOD NEWS: BIGGER THAN AN EYELASH! THEY CAN REGROW THEIR HEADS WITHIN A WEEK! Sources: http://www.britannica.com/animal/sponge-animal | http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/ animals/invertebrates/starfish | http://mentalfloss.com/article/63130/11-awesome-axolotl-facts | http://animals.mom.me/can-sharks-regrow-teeth-11118.html | http://www.livescience.com/ 27338-great-white-sharks.html | http:/mentalfloss.com/article/61665/13-things-you-didnt- know-about-planarians | http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2012/09/26/spiny-mice flaying-skin-healing-factor | http://www.arkive.org/arabian-spiny-mouse/acomys-dimidiatus | http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2011/05/12/an-entire-flatworm-regenerated-from-a-single-ad ult-cell | http://www.iwla-rh.org/html/DGIF_articles/deer antlers.html | http://www.bbc.com/future story/20141009-the-animal-that-regrows-its-head | http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2013/08/28/ worms-that-regrow-heads-and-other-regenerators | http://www.seaspongecompany.com/ pages/what-is-a-sea-sponge eLearnerscom

Superpowers of Regenerating Animals

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Who wouldn’t love to have the power to regenerate yourself like a superhero? It would definitely make life a lot easier and more interesting! While humans may not be able to replace limbs or heads a...

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