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gastornis: Caecilians These legless amphibians are known to shed their outer layer of skin for feeding their young. The skin is nutrient-rich, like the milk of animals, and its removal does not seem to harm the mother. Pictured above is Boulengerula taitanus, native toAfrica. Photo credit: UKNatural History Museum via Newscientist Learn more:Termitivore or detritivore? A quantitative investigation into the diet of the East African caecilian Boulengerula taitanus (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) Care and Parentage in a Skin-Feeding Caecilian Amphibian

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Caecilians

These legless amphibians are known to shed their outer layer of skin for feeding their young. The skin is nutrient-rich, like the milk of animals, and its removal does not seem to harm the mother. Pictured above is Boulengerula taitanus, native toAfrica.

Photo credit: UKNatural History Museum via Newscientist

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Termitivore or detritivore? A quantitative investigation into the diet of the East African caecilian Boulengerula taitanus (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae)

Care and Parentage in a Skin-Feeding Caecilian Amphibian

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