A venomous tale: Vipers shape lizards' tail-shedding abilities

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Michigan ecologists and their colleagues have answered a question that has puzzled biologists for more than a century: What is the main factor that determines a lizard's ability to shed its tail when predators attack? The answer, in a word: Venom.

If you want to include this story in your blog, copy and paste this formatted text:

<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news157220324.html">A venomous tale: Vipers shape lizards' tail-shedding abilities</a></p> <p>(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Michigan ecologists and their colleagues have answered a question that has puzzled biologists for more than a century: What is the main factor that determines a lizard's ability to shed its tail when predators attack? The answer, in a word: Venom.</p>