Puzzle Description:

Lizards that can drop their tail have "fracture planes" spaced regularly down the length of the tail. These are either between vertebrae or in the middle of each vertebra, depending on the species, and it is at these points where the break can occur. Skin, muscles, blood supply, nerves, and bone separate when the tail is dropped. After it falls to the ground, the tail starts to wiggle and move on the ground, hopefully giving the lizard a chance to escape while the predator is focused on the moving tail. (from "Lizard Tail Loss: Why It Happens & What To Do", Doctors Foster and Smith)

#1: Alison Deem (Indigo) on Jul 29, 2010

Awesome....cool defense mechanism...very cool.

excellent
loved it
fun color logic

that's disgusting but cool. lol
poor Priscilla

thank you, Alison, bugaboo and Jane. Priscilla's tail will grow back, but it'll never look quite the same again.

bravo

thanks, tom :-)

Thanks very much for sharing this gruesome picture of Priscilla's 'mishap'. Based on what you have taught us she won't have any trouble growing a new one but just another reason to hope Mom doesn't come back anytime soon! Hey did she send that money back to Bob? Excellent puzzle as usual Linda!

Thanks, Susan. :-) Unfortunately, I think she ended up using a sizeable chunk of the money at the vet.

Poor Priscilla. Well at least Predator Bob took responsibility for the mishap.

I like the wiggle on the tail, even if it was creepy.

lol Teresa.

I'm usually not a squeamish person, but when I think about Pricilla's tail wiggling... ugh. Otherwise, great puzzle. :) Love the blood.

i've had wiggling tails distract me in the past :D

My gecko did that to me. I accidentally dropped his cave near him and he dropped his tail and it was wiggly. I was freaking out! It was very disturbing.

Buen puzzle aunque algo desagradable.

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