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[-] boogetyboo@aussie.zone 16 points 8 months ago

Here you go https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/blogs/creatura-blog/2019/05/caecilians-are-weirdly-adorable/

[-] Sphks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 8 months ago

Some caecilian species engage in a little-studied behaviour called ‘skin feeding’, where newly born babies use specialised ‘skin scraping’ teeth to pull at their mother’s nutrient-laden flesh to fatten themselves up.

Wtf

[-] boogetyboo@aussie.zone 5 points 8 months ago

Thanks! Oh they are adorable.

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