To survive! Weak points in the tail help it break free when a predator pounces or a bird swoops in for the kill. The squiggling tail distracts the predator while the lizard flees to safety. Eventually, the tail regrows and the lizard is ready to lose it all over again.
When the lizard’s tail grows back, it’s a bit different than it was before. Instead of a tail made of bone, the new tail is often made out of cartilage, the same stuff that’s in your nose and ears. It can take quite a while for the cartilage to form, too.
The small green anole has a tail that is only about four inches long, but it takes about two months to grow back. Meanwhile, a longer iguana tail might take more than a year to grow back.
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