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David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities (2013)

S3E6 Remarkable Regeneration

Mar 09, 2015 Season 3 Episode 6 Documentary

Salamanders possess the incredible ability to regenerate complete legs and tails if they lose them, while deer shed their large antlers annually and can regrow them from a small number of remaining cells. This raises the question of how these animals manage to regenerate whole body parts and why this remarkable capability isn't found in all species.