Caecilian Youngs Eat Their Mother's Skin Alive

Posted by Alex in Animal on February 13, 2008 at 4:47 am


A caecilian’s motherly love knows no bound, as a team of BBC crew recently discovered. The female worm-like amphibian allows her young to peel off and eat her skin!

The female caecilian’s skin becomes thicker and more nutrient-rich when she bears offspring. And the young have specialised teeth for tearing and removing it.

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6 comments to "Caecilian Youngs Eat Their Mother's Skin Alive"

  1. matt
    February 13th, 2008 at 10:01 am

    Crazy Sicilians.

  2. milovoo
    February 13th, 2008 at 12:30 pm

    It's sad that David Attenborough has said that Life in Cold Blood will be his last major series. They are always very well done and fascinating.

  3. Nate Deviate
    February 13th, 2008 at 2:54 pm

    The movie made me throw up a little in my mouth...

  4. Tracy
    February 13th, 2008 at 9:27 pm

    I love my kids, but if they start eating my skin, we're going to have a MAJOR problem. LOL

  5. Vako
    February 13th, 2008 at 9:58 pm

    @ Nate Deviate;

    Are you by any chance a Phil Hendrie fan? :-)

  6. marieissah
    February 14th, 2008 at 2:48 am

    Yuck!


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