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.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 8 months ago
www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00686-5
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Between that and the lead image… goodness
Naz@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
That’s enough internet for today
SomeGuy69@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I’m no longer asking for someone to bottle that milk and sell it.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Me neither, when it’s much better straight from the source.
Dnn@lemmy.world 8 months ago
That feels like the Reddit of old - extreme niche memes but proper context in the comments. That’s how you learn nowadays!