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[-] SlothMama@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] BennyInc@feddit.de 14 points 1 year ago

So would it be possible to make one grow up by giving them hormones? And what would it look like?

[-] ChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

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

[-] BennyInc@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

Interesting. But whoever wrote the article should have gone for pictures ๐Ÿ˜

[-] lauha@lemmy.one 8 points 1 year ago
[-] clubb@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Simple. They don't have to be adults to reproduce. Wasn't there a pregnant 2 year old girl at some point?

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