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When pulled by predators, lizards shed their tails in response. This self-amputation is called autotomy. ... Lizards aid the process by contracting muscles around the fracture planes. The pulling apart of the muscles causes the tail to fall off along the line of weakness
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What animal when they walk their tails get shorter?
Lizards tail fall off as a defense mechanism to trick their prey
Dose a nile monitor lizards tail grow back if it has fell off?
no, not like someother species of lizards the nile monitor lizards tail doesn't grow back.
How is a lizards tail falling off protect it?
Because it helps him/her get away if he/she is grabbed by the tail by a predator.
Why lizards do not fall while moving?
because they have sticky feets and they have a tail that gives them balance
Do donkeys tails fall off?
No, a donkey's tail does not fall off. This is in reference to the animal. However, donkey tail plants do tend to fall off.
Can you do anything if lizards tail is cut off?
Let it grow back!!
What animal's tail breaks off when caught by a predator?
Lizards can lose their tail and regrow it if captured by a predator.
What does it mean when an igunana tail fall off?
howd it fall off
Do lizards tails grow back after they fall off?
Yes.
Can a robo dwarfs tail fall off?
A hamster's tail should never 'fall off' under any normal circumstance.
What will happen if you cut a lizards tail?
the tail with no heart will keep wiggling , but the lizards tail will grow back.
If caught by the tail the tail breaks off and the animal runs away?
if you mean a scorpion it is hard for the tail to fall off
