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Self-decapitating SEA SLUGS sever their own heads and regenerate a whole new body

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Self-decapitating sea slugs can sever their own HEADS and then regenerate a whole new body – and scientists have no idea how or why Scientists saw the behaviour in two species of sacoglossan sea slug   The detached head regrows another body, but the body does not regrow a head Young sea slugs start wriggling and eating … Read more

How does my garden grow? With broken fingernails, chilblains, rampant slugs and damned hard work

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BOOK OF THE WEEK  DIARY OF A MODERN COUNTRY GARDENER  by Tamsin Westhorpe (Orphans £20, 248 pp)   When it comes to gardens, no one does it better than us Brits. From Sissinghurst and Kew in the South to Harlow Carr and Chatsworth in the North, we have some of the world’s most dazzling gardens. A … Read more