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liztail.jpgA.Word.A.Day seems to have a few hang-ups, herpetologically speaking:

Autotomy (au-TOT-uh-mee) noun

Autotomy is nature's gift to some animals to help them escape when under attack or injured. A lizard being chased will drop its tail and slip away. The detached tail continues to wriggle, distracting the predator, while its former owner flees to safety.

The lizard goes home and buys a replacement on eBay. Just kidding! Of course, they can't do that. eBay's policy explicitly prohibits lizards from bidding.

 

4 Comments

God thing men aren't subject to autotomy when being chased.

You said it, Mr.!

Especially considering the little known fact that each time autotomy is engaged in, in grows back in a little smaller -- some committment-phobe guys that I know would be down to an angry inch or so by now...

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