1. Can lizards cut off their tails

? Lizards belong to the reptilian lizard order, which contains many species. Although these lizard species are different in many ways, they also have some common characteristics, such as they all have tails. Lizards have many measures to protect themselves because of their special body structure. The ability to change color is an important measure for them to hide and protect themselves. In addition, they also have a defensive structure, which is their tail. The lizard's tail will break, but not in all cases, only in special cases.

When lizards encounter natural enemies, their lives will be threatened, at this time lizards will take the initiative to cut off the tail, the broken tail will keep beating, the attraction of natural enemies will be attracted to the past, lizards will take this opportunity to escape. In addition, in some cases of force majeure, such as natural disasters, lizards may also lose their tails.

A lizard's broken tail can grow back, but generally it can't be exactly the same as before, and sometimes it will grow a forked tail. As mentioned

above, lizards can cut off their tails, and their tails can grow back. However, the growth rate of lizard tails is relatively slow. Generally speaking, it takes at least a few months to grow back. Specifically, the time required is also related to the degree of tail breakage and the lizard's own situation. Sometimes it takes a year or more for a lizard to grow its tail. Moreover, sometimes their tails do not fully recover.