How far would you go to feed your children? For the mother worm Boulengerula taitanus, the answer is: pretty darn far - they would let the baby worm eat their flesh!
http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060410/full/060410-7.html |
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Er, the worms are eating their mom's skin. Kind of different than milk, I guess - although the purpose is the same.
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How is this any different than breast-feeding? Women suffer significant weight loss and require additional calories while breast feeding babies. Isn't that as inherently weird? And then add to that,= the fact that most societies consume the lactose of other animals! Weird.
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