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SEA SQUIRTBotrylloides leachi ©Ram Reshef et al., PLoS Biology  The colonial sea squirt Botrylloides leachi can regenerate its entire body from just tiny blood vessel fragments. The entire process, which partially resembles the early stages of embryonic development, takes as little as a week to produce an adult sea squirt. Source: http://www.livescience.com/15651-sea-squirt-ascidian-gallery.html Other animals that regenerate: Axolotl Common Leaf-Tailed Gecko Common Starfish Octopus-regeneration gone awry

SEA SQUIRT
Botrylloides leachi
 ©Ram Reshef et al., PLoS Biology

 The colonial sea squirt Botrylloides leachi can regenerate its entire body from just tiny blood vessel fragments. The entire process, which partially resembles the early stages of embryonic development, takes as little as a week to produce an adult sea squirt.

Source:
http://www.livescience.com/15651-sea-squirt-ascidian-gallery.html

Other animals that regenerate:

Axolotl

Common Leaf-Tailed Gecko

Common Starfish

Octopus-regeneration gone awry

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