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Message: <blockquote data-quote="VanessaS" data-source="post: 73262" data-attributes="member: 4948">This is incredible, thank you!  I'm glad that it was bumped by the comments so I could see it.  Can it maybe get stickied to the top of the forum? I have always been interested in autotomy as well and the process that goes along with it - including how limbs are regenerated. Years ago, I nursed a Cheiracanthium inclusum back to health after accidentally catching four of their legs in the fridge door and kept them alive until their next moult when the four new, smaller, legs regenerated and they were good to go. That was an incredibly rewarding experience for me because I didn't know if it would work or how quickly it would work. I can still remember how thrilled I was to see all those little legs back! I only wish I had my good camera equipment back then.They really are such spectacular little beings.</blockquote>