Finally got our first baby squirrel of the year on sunday! I don't mind that the babies are being admitted late this year--our interns don't start for another few months!Remember the lizard from the last post? Well, he's very stressed out when he has to be handled (as are most of our patients--they're wild animals!) but the other day he was so stressed that he "dropped" his tail! Some lizard species have a self-defense mechanism. If a predator grabs their tail, they can literally detach it from their bodies! It will grow back, but won't look the same (most just soft tissue that grows--not bone)
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