ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to BiodiversityEnglish · 4 months agoThis is the first egg-laying amphibian found to feed its babies ‘milk’www.sciencenews.orgexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1259arrow-down13
arrow-up1256arrow-down1external-linkThis is the first egg-laying amphibian found to feed its babies ‘milk’www.sciencenews.orgZeroCool@slrpnk.net to BiodiversityEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squareSalamanderAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-24 months agoIn one of the videos this is clear. Some people might feel uncomfortable watching this video, so I will place a link to it under a spoiler tag just in case. spoiler Here’s the video in which you can see the mom excreting a thick fluid through her cloaca: https://i.imgur.com/sB22z5G.mp4
minus-squareSoleInvictus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoI am grateful this isn’t the way mammals ended up feeding their offspring.
In one of the videos this is clear. Some people might feel uncomfortable watching this video, so I will place a link to it under a spoiler tag just in case.
spoiler
Here’s the video in which you can see the mom excreting a thick fluid through her cloaca: https://i.imgur.com/sB22z5G.mp4
I am grateful this isn’t the way mammals ended up feeding their offspring.