The process sea slugs use to regrow severed body parts is surprisingly common ...Middle East

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Kleptoplasty, the ability to steal another organism's photosynthetic powers, in animals is thought to be extremely rare in animals. Its this skill that allows the slug pictured above to survive and regrow its body after being decapitated. (Sayaka Mitoh/)Some sea slugs can live without their bodies. Cut their heads off, and the noggins can still survive for months, scientists recently discovered. Those detached, self-propelling, heads can then regenerate whole new slug-bodies for them.Scientists don’t really know how those slugs manage it, but there’s at least two species of a group called sacoglossans who can do it. They suspect the slugs’ astounding survival powers depend on a backup power

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