A team of scientists from Maine believe that humans have an 'untapped' potential to regrow lost or injured body parts just like the salamanders. This behavior is characterized by a certain protein in amphibians that also exists in mammals.
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March 2, 2021
With a body size of just 0.53 inches (13.5 mm), this nano-chameleon (
Brookesia nana) is the smallest known male of the roughly 11,500 known reptile species. Image via Frank Glaw.
A German-Madagascan team of biologists has discovered a minuscule new species of chameleon that could be the smallest reptile on Earth. The scientists found two of the tiny lizards, one male and one female, in northern Madagascar, and named the new species
Brookesia nana, or nano-chameleon. According to their study, published January 28, 2021 in the journal
Scientific Reports, the male nano-chameleon has a body that’s only half an inch (13.5 mm) long – about the size of a sunflower seed – making it the smallest of all the roughly 11,500 known species of reptiles on the planet.
The size of this male nano chameleon is found to be 13 5mm 0 53 inches long On the other hand the female nono chameleon is a bit larger read on to know more