Category:Autotomy
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English: Biological adaption that allows an animal to release a body part on reflex in order to distract a predator for a chance to flee. For traumatic/pathologic spontaneous amputations, see Category:Autoamputation.
Subcategories
This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
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- Rodent autotomy (9 F)
Media in category "Autotomy"
The following 14 files are in this category, out of 14 total.
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Afrogecko porphyreus Cape marbled gecko IMG 8784 male.jpg 299 × 770; 146 KB
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Akategani-autotomy-P7310470.jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 952 KB
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Chiracanthium sp ventral.jpg 685 × 669; 216 KB
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Crane-fly-01.jpg 1,536 × 1,536; 1.07 MB
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Fishing spider autotomy.jpg 1,600 × 1,067; 526 KB
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Katydid kerala.jpg 2,556 × 1,800; 340 KB
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Leptophyes punctatissima 20050808 028.jpg 1,280 × 960; 424 KB
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Mosquito just getting started (6498306213).jpg 1,365 × 768; 642 KB
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Nephila clavata yamaguchi.jpg 600 × 800; 276 KB
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Scytodes August 2014-1.jpg 2,124 × 2,665; 2.7 MB
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Scytodes August 2014-2.jpg 1,972 × 1,520; 1.65 MB
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Tetrigidae 2011s.jpg 1,548 × 1,317; 499 KB
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The life-history of British lizards BHL11084899.jpg 2,023 × 3,397; 901 KB