salamander
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Blind Cave Salamanders Secretly Venture to the Surface, Surprising Scientists
Cave-dwelling creatures often bear the characteristics of animals unaccustomed to light. Their skin, or scales, are blanched, and their eyes range from “of little use” to purely ornamental. But that doesn’t stop the serpentine cave salamanders of southeastern Europe from sneaking up to the surface now and again. The odd-looking animal is an olm (P.…
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Frog’s Missing Leg Regrown With Chemical Cocktail, Scientists Claim
Frogs, unlike their salamander cousins, cannot regenerate lost limbs, but a fascinating new experiment suggests it’s possible for frogs to partially regrow their missing body parts under the right conditions.