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Shed Your Skin [1]

Fiction [2]
2.15.17

Researchers recently discovered a new addition to the genus of lizard species [3] that can shed their skin and scales when grabbed by a predator, in order to slip away and escape. The Geckolepis megalepis has the largest known gecko scales, and is able to shed them with particular ease, looking like a “raw chicken tender” before its scales are regenerated over the course of a few weeks. Write a short story in which your main character is able to escape from danger by altering her physical appearance in a drastic way. Why is it imperative that she escape? How does her transformation both save her and make her vulnerable? What is her “regeneration” process?


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[1] https://www.pw.org/content/shed_your_skin [2] https://www.pw.org/genre/fiction [3] http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-new-species-gecko-tear-away-scales-180962067