• brbposting
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    8 months ago

    The footage revealed that as well as munching on their mother’s skin, S. annulatus young could get their mother to eject a fat- and carbohydrate-rich liquid from her cloaca — the combined rear opening for the reproductive and digestive systems — by making high-pitched clicking noises. The young would also stick their heads into the cloaca to feed.

    Between that and the lead image… goodness

    • Naz
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      8 months ago

      That’s enough internet for today

      • brbposting
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        8 months ago

        Me neither, when it’s much better straight from the source.