{"id":1828,"date":"2026-05-05T12:07:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T09:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kazkaland.com\/cikavinky\/salamandra-vidroshchuye-lapy\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T01:16:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T22:16:58","slug":"salamandra-vidroshchuye-lapy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kazkaland.com\/en\/cikavinky\/salamandra-vidroshchuye-lapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Salamander regrows lost legs and tails\u2014as its DNA does"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Salamander regrows lost legs and tails\u2014as its DNA does<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Have you ever fallen off a bike? Broken your knee? You know that excruciating moment when it hurts and then the skin heals for weeks? Now imagine: you have a finger cut off, and two months later, a new one grows in its place, with a nail, nerves, and bones. Magic? No. It's a normal thing for an axolotl salamander.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axolotl is a pink salamander with fluffy gills on its head. It lives in the lakes of Mexico. And it can do what all medicine dreams of: regrow lost body parts. A paw. A tail. A piece of the heart. Even part of the brain!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When a salamander loses a limb, a special tumor of cells called a "blastema" forms at the site of the wound. These cells seem to forget who they were before. Skin, muscles, bones - everything becomes the same "blank slate". And then the blastema reprograms itself and begins to build a new paw. Exactly the same as the previous one. With the same bones, nerves, blood vessels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 8 weeks, the new paw is ready. It works like the old one. And this can happen several times during the salamander's life!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scientists managed to decipher the axolotl genome in 2018. It is 10 times larger than a human's! And it contains the secrets of regeneration. Perhaps in 20-30 years, doctors will learn to grow organs in humans. Because our DNA has the same genes - they are simply "sleeping.".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every living being is a library, see Axolotl - one of the most important books. Let's take care of it until we finish reading it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More interesting facts about animals at on the category page<\/a> \u2728<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n

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