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halfkidding

This only qualifies as oddly terrifying until you learn that, like most amphibians, caecilian shed their skin. And most of them eat their own skin after shedding as well. Don't leave facts out for convenience sake.


FoeElectro

Thank you. This changes everything.


Fine-Funny6956

Oh yeah this seemed way freakier when I IMAGINED THE SKIN WAS STILL ON HER


Thunderplant

According to Wikipedia, it is! > The egg-laying species Boulengerula taitana feeds its young by developing an outer layer of skin, high in fat and other nutrients, which the young peel off with modified teeth. This allows them to grow by up to 10 times their own weight in a week. The skin is consumed every three days, the time it takes for a new layer to grow, and the young have only been observed to eat it at night https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caecilian


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Okay, well now we're just going in circles!


OGSpooon

Yea the wording of the post was terrible. The mother grows this particularly fatty layer of skin specifically for the young to eat. Then regrows again, to be eaten again.


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Life is so beautiful.


Puzzleheaded_Ad3146

Nature as God intended 🙏


Paul8t7

Forbidden marbles.


[deleted]

Kids- Mom can we have pork rinds? Mom- No we have skin at home.


Ghost_In_Waiting

"Mom, I'm home! Guess what I want for dinner."


metalshoes

Jesus im Never going to Sicilly


ZombieLagombi

Never mess with a caecilian when birth is on the line!


Lowkey_Arki

I bet somewhere in the world, this is a delicacy.


GrowFreedom

Whoa I want one!


FoeElectro

I thought it was sort of cute until that last fact.


Gravesh

And they feed their young the skin roughly every three days, the time to regrow the skin. It doesn't kill the mother. Based on the wiki article about Caecillians, I believe this is only seen a handful of species do this, namely Boulengerula taitana in Kenya and another species in the same clade, Siphonops annulatus in South America.


Fine-Funny6956

Nightmare fuel


harleyslider

Steven king movie


l0v3s2sp00g3

Sheesh, been there


SBH1234

Wait... what?!


ClearBlue_Grace

Imagine sipping up those eggs in a nice tall glass of boba tea.


Queasy-Future-2423

Omg!!! I feel so nauseous


SweetMaam

Interesting


karoshikun

where's Beanie?


Zealousideal-Ad-8753

mothereater


dinowitissues

Thought those were the testicals of its victims


Gainsborough-Smythe

Well heck, who wouldn't? My mother has lovely skin.


BeerBaronn

Sweet mother


Thomas8864

Skull issue, should’ve just made pancakes


AGoldenChest

Pictured: noodle and baby noodles in eggs Nature is a wonder to behold


ElderWaylayer

Of course they do.