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Polar Bear and Dogs Playing
In the wild, Andrew feeds on fish, sponges, small crustaceans, nematode worms and protozoans.
Benny's diet is very specialized, consisting mainly of the interior of Ramy nuts, nectar from the Traveller's Palm tree, some fungi and insect grubs. He is also known to raid coconut plantations, and has been seen eating lychees and mangoes, which are also plantation crops.
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Category: amphibian • frog • reproduction
Posted on: April 11, 2008 10:06 AM, by ableiman
Adorable!
Surinam toads of the family Pipidae have a broad, flat shape and leaf-like appearance, but who cares about that...? They embed fertilized eggs in the mother's back from whence the babies emerge! Adorable? Horrifying? What was your reaction to the movie Alien?
Damn... it looks like Pharyngula beat us to the punch. Whatevs... Surinam Toad stays.
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Adorable? Horrifying?
Yes.
Posted by: NPD | April 11, 2008 11:33 AM
Barf......Somehow, as a woman, the idea of giving birth through tons of holes in my back.....barf.
Posted by: Zelly | April 13, 2008 4:38 AM
Not really holes in the back. The whole thing takes place in the skin. The eggs are put on the back, and the skin grows around them.
Posted by: David Marjanović | April 13, 2008 9:51 AM
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is just like a dream I had once! Only it was ME giving birth through holes in my back!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Jenbug | April 13, 2008 10:10 AM
Wow! They're so big when they come out!
Posted by: synapse | April 14, 2008 3:32 PM
...How..cute? Uhm...
...*Barfs a little bit*
Posted by: Agatha | April 14, 2008 7:55 PM