Animals can regenerate …

 (Some common examples )

• Lizards who lose all or part of their tails can grow new ones. This is a good escape technique. A
lost tail will continue to wiggle, which might distract the predator and give the lizard a chance to
escape. Most lizards will have regrown their tail within nine months.

• Planarians are flat worms. If cut into pieces, each piece can grow into a new worm.

• Sea cucumbers have bodies that can grow to be three feet long. If cut into pieces, each one can
become a new sea cucumber.

• Sharks continually replace lost teeth. A shark may grow 24,000 teeth in a lifetime.

• Spiders can regrow missing legs or parts of legs.

• Sponges can be divided. In that case, the cells of the sponge will regrow and combine exactly as
before.

• Starfish that lose arms can grow new ones; sometimes an entire animal can grow from a single
lost arm.

Difference between:-
 Fermentation Regeneration

 Organisms that are fragmented result in each fragment growing into an individual organism.

 A new individual emerges from each fragment.

 Only a few organisms can fragment and form new individuals.

 Fragmentation is observed in organisms such as flatworms and sponges.

 Regeneration occurs when an organism only regrows a lost limb or any other part of the body.

 No new organisms are formed.

 All organisms exhibit the ability to regenerate.

 Lizards can regenerate their amputated tails.