19-03-2016, 04:05 AM
(19-03-2016, 01:30 AM)Oocephalus wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.The forked tails may actually be inspired by reality. Sometimes, the tail of a lizard is damaged, which triggers regeneration of a second or even more tails although the original one is not lost. See here for more details:
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I think I have seen this in ancient Greek art but I'm not sure. The record is a lizard with six tails:
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That second illustration, the "tree-root" tail looks surprisingly like the root- or branch-like VMS tail.
I knew lizards could regrow their tails. I didn't know an injured tail could regenerate and handful of new tips.