This weird Lizard has set a record in regeneration. It is the first in history to grow six tails at the same time.
An Argentinian lizard has set a record in regeneration after it has successfully regrown six tails following an injury.
The tegu had a severe injury along the tail. The wound, probably from a sharp object, wasn’t deep enough for the tail to detach completely, but it seems to have been deep enough to stimulate several points in the animal’s vertebrae where regeneration occurs.
The men who made the discovery, Nicolás Pelegrin and Suelem Muniz Leão from Institute of Animal Diversity and Ecology (CONICET-UNC) in Cordoba, Argentina said this about the recent discovery: “this is the first case of ‘hexafurcation’ ever reported. It is not difficult to find scientific reports on lizards with two and even three tails, but there is no information available on cases like this. I was very surprised when I saw it. This was the first time I saw a lizard with more than three tails.”