http://boingboing.net Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 02:23:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2012/09/18/re-grown-lizard-tails-are-chea.html http://boingboing.net/2012/09/18/re-grown-lizard-tails-are-chea.html#comments Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:02:03 +0000 Maggie Koerth-Baker http://boingboing.net/?p=181630 the "miracle" of re-growing a lost tail is less awesome than it might first appear. Sure, growing a new tail is cool and all. But the new tails have completely different anatomy — a tube of cartilage in place of vertebra, for instance — and are likely less flexible than the original model. (Via Brian Switek)]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/09/18/re-grown-lizard-tails-are-chea.html/feed 9