Why Animals Keep Self Amputating

Some lizards will lose a tail to avoid becoming a meal, but there s more than one reason for animals to selfamputate. Go to to try out Brilliants Daily Challenges. Sign up now and get 20 off an annual Premium subscription. Correction: 00:21 The process of ditching a body part on purpose is known as autotomy, not autonomy Hosted by: Rose Bear Don t Walk SciShow has a spinoff podcast It s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Alisa Sherbow, Silas Emrys, Drew Hart. Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Adam Brainard, Nazara, GrowingViolet, Ash, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet Facebook: Twitter: Tumblr: Instagram: Sources: Image Sources: