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How does Boulengerula taitana feed their babies?

Question #150767. Asked by BigTriviaDawg.
Last updated Mar 09 2024.
Originally posted Mar 09 2024 9:03 PM.

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The babies eat their mothers' skins.

"Boulengerula taitana" are caecilians from Kenya. Caecilians are limbless worm-shaped amphibians.

Adult diets include termites, ants, earthworms and other small animals.
"B. taitana" is an oviparous caecilian, and there is a parent-offspring transfer of nutrients after birth. "B. taitana" offspring are born in an undeveloped state, thus requiring feeding and care by the parents. The dentition of offspring includes ‘fetal-like’ teeth, which they use to peel and eat the modified skin of their mothers after birth.
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulengerula_taitana

Response last updated by psnz on Mar 09 2024.
Mar 09 2024, 9:04 PM
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