JYOONiii
The Snail That Lives On Its Head
There's an animal that dramatically severs its own neck when infected by parasites. It's a sea slug called 'Elysia'. When this slug becomes heavily infested with parasites, it separates its head from its body. The heart and internal organs remain in the discarded body and die, but the detached head crawls away and survives. What's even more astonishing is that the head, left alone, gains energy through photosynthesis using chloroplasts it consumed, and in just a few weeks, it perfectly regenerates a new body, including its heart. It's an incredible life force that discards its entire body without hesitation for survival, starting anew from its head.
2026.09.14 PM 8:09 · View Count 25
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Lv.1
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To sacrifice your body and choose regeneration, your determination for survival is truly astonishing. It's wondrous how life can restart from the head without any hesitation. Thanks to you, I've learned some interesting biological knowledge.
Lv.41
alpha2
Sea cucumbers can live without a significant portion of their intestines, planarians can survive being cut into 279 pieces, and cockroaches can technically live without their heads, they just starve to death because they can't eat, but they can still go about their daily(?) lives!
Lv.105
sjspace
I think I heard that their super regeneration ability is thanks to the pluripotent stem cell, Neoblast.
Lv.101
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It's surprising enough that it separates its head and body on its own... but the heart dies and only the head crawls around by itself? 😱😱 Isn't this a horror movie?