this post was submitted on 26 Aug 2023
143 points (99.3% liked)
Mildly Interesting
21567 readers
52 users here now
This is for strictly mildly interesting material. If it's too interesting, it doesn't belong. If it's not interesting, it doesn't belong.
This is obviously an objective criteria, so the mods are always right. Or maybe mildly right? Ahh.. what do we know?
Just post some stuff and don't spam.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
It's because they're all juvenile though. They actually don't produce a hormone needed for proper growth and that's why they look the way they do. They are supposed to go through another stage of growth, and their appearance and existence is because of a genetic birth defect.
So would it be possible to make one grow up by giving them hormones? And what would it look like?
They can force them to change with a shot of iodine and they apparently look like Tiger Salamanders.
https://gizmodo.com/scientists-show-that-peter-pan-grows-up-with-a-shot-of-5826750
Interesting. But whoever wrote the article should have gone for pictures 😁
How do they reproduce then?
Simple. They don't have to be adults to reproduce. Wasn't there a pregnant 2 year old girl at some point?