Coral Reef That Ejects Guts Could Help Humans Regenerate Organs

A scared coral reef’s gutless behavior could lead to advances in human tissue regeneration.In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, researchers at the Tel-Aviv University found that a common coral reef, Polycarpa mytiligera, ejects its internal organs when it gets stressed out.The researchers filmed themselves as they gently squeezed 66 of these filter-feeders, and found that around 47 percent ruptured their filtration sacs and ejected their digestive tracts. The bowel-blasting creatures then and camouflage itself, pretending to be dead while it regenerates its gut in less than two…

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