Autotomy is the behaviour wherein an animal sheds or discards one or more of its own appendages, for example tails, usually as a self-defense mechanism to distract or escape from a predator. The lost body part may be regenerated later. Which of these animals exhibits this kind of behaviour?

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1.	Autotomy is the behaviour wherein an animal sheds or discards one or more of its own appendages, for example tails, usually as a self-defense mechanism to distract or escape from a predator. The lost body part may be regenerated later. Which of these animals exhibits this kind of behaviour?
A.	Garden lizard
B.	Fruit bat
C.	Star tortoise
D.	Slender loris
Answer» B. Fruit bat

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Autotomy is the behaviour wherein an animal sheds or discards one or more of its own appendages, for example tails, usually as a self-defense mechanism to distract or escape from a predator. The lost body part may be regenerated later. Which of these animals exhibits this kind of behaviour?

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