Lizard tail trapped in amber reveals a 99-million-year-old survival trick
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“A 99-million-year-old lizard tail preserved in amber provides ancient evidence of autotomy, a survival strategy where lizards shed their tails to escape predators. This discovery confirms that the defensive mechanism has remained largely unchanged for nearly 100 million years.”
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