How do lizards grow their tails back?
But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids
Vermont Public
4.3 • 5.6K Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2026
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Deep in the basement of the San Diego Natural History Museum, there are thousands of jars filled with preserved reptiles and amphibians. In this episode, But Why takes a tour with collections manager Adam Clause to answer your questions about lizards! How do lizards climb walls? Do lizards hibernate? Do they sleep? Why are lizards cold blooded? How do lizards grow back their tails if they break off? Why do geckos lick their eyes? Do lizards poop and pee?
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| 0:00.0 | Want to help shape future episodes of But Why? |
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| 0:05.0 | Along with other great perks, fan club members now get previews of upcoming episodes |
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| 0:17.0 | and help keep this show free for curious kids everywhere. |
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| 0:25.0 | Thanks and stay curious. This is But Why, a podcast for curious kids from Vermont Public. |
| 0:51.5 | I'm Jane Lindholm. |
| 0:52.7 | On this show, we gather all kinds of questions from all kinds |
| 0:56.0 | of kids from all kinds of places. And then we gather a few of the questions and present them to someone |
| 1:01.9 | who might at least have some of the answers. Today, we've gathered questions about one specific |
| 1:07.4 | type of animal, and we're going all the way from Vermont to San Diego to get those |
| 1:12.3 | answers for you. The animals we're going to learn more about today are lizards. Here in Vermont, |
| 1:19.6 | where I live, we only have one type of lizard. In fact, there's only one type of lizard that |
| 1:25.0 | lives in all of New England, The region Vermont is part of. |
| 1:28.6 | It's called the five-lined skink, and it's endangered here in Vermont. It's only found in two towns here, and I've never seen one. |
| 1:36.9 | I love lizards. That probably comes as no surprise to those of you who have listened to a lot of episodes. |
| 1:42.1 | I think I say I love the animals we're about to talk about |
| 1:45.3 | in every animal episode we make. |
| 1:48.2 | But since we don't have many lizards in my neck of the woods, |
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