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> The reason why the head can survive without the heart and other important organs is unclear. [...] We suggest that removing internal parasites is a likely function of autotomy, at least in E. atroviridis. All autotomised individuals (and autolysed ones as well) had a parasite, and after regeneration they became parasite-free.

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