Re: If a spider loses a leg does does it regenerate?

Date: Tue Feb 23 15:03:59 1999
Posted By: Elia Richard Shehady, Grad student, Food Science/Microbiology, Kraft Foods, Inc.
Area of science: Zoology
ID: 919103381.Zo

Message:


No, a spider does not regenerate a leg once it has been lost. Due to their 
unique configuration of eight legs, spiders (Arachnids) are able to 
function despite the loss of a leg.

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