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There is a weird amphibians that nurses its young
Researchers claim to have found that an egg-laying amphibian in Brazil nourishes its newly hatched young with a milk-like substance. In some caecilians, the young hatched withTeeth and fed on a nutrient-rich layer of their mother’s skin around every seven days. “It sounded a little strange- babies eating just once a week,” said Marta Antoniazzi, a biologist at the Butantan Institute.
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