| Like many other lizards, slowworms autotomize, meaning that they have the ability to shed their tails to escape predators. |
| When captured, some lizards voluntarily shed, or autotomize, their tails, which wriggle violently, temporarily confusing the predator and allowing the lizard to escape. |
| Young lizards that autotomize their tails may lose resources important to somatic growth at a critical time, and thus, regeneration may be especially costly. |
| Because red king crabs can autotomize injured legs, crabs with a fresh autotomy were classified separately from those with other leg injuries. |
