eugh!

narzy

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Surinam toads are most well-known for their remarkable reproductive habits. The partners rise off of the floor while in amplexus and flip through the water in arcs. During each arc, the female releases 3-10 eggs, which get embedded in the skin on her back by the male's movements. After implantation the eggs sink into the skin and form pockets over a period of several days, eventually taking on the appearance of an irregular honeycomb. The larvae develop through the tadpole stage inside these pockets, eventually emerging from the mother's back as fully developed toads, though they are less than an inch long (2 cm).
 

Jeff7

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Originally posted by: RESmonkey
So the babies....grow on it's back? I need an explanation. Now.

I like big backs and a I cannot lie
Back got Baby
 

narzy

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you'd think after watching it a few times it'd get easier...but it just doesn't... :(
 

irishScott

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Wow. It's natural people, they're babies not parasites. Just like a human coming out of a vagina, x 100

I fail to see how this disgusts people...
 

narzy

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Originally posted by: irishScott
Wow. It's natural people, they're babies not parasites. Just like a human coming out of a vagina, x 100

I fail to see how this disgusts people...

just because it is nature does not disqualify it from being gross...
 

Throckmorton

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Originally posted by: irishScott
Wow. It's natural people, they're babies not parasites. Just like a human coming out of a vagina, x 100

I fail to see how this disgusts people...

Because it LOOKS gross. You might as well ask why ANYTHING disgusts people.
 

Canai

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Originally posted by: KingGheedora
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That's pretty cool.

I don't really see why this kind of stuff is so gross. I've taken bot fly maggots out of rabbits and dogs, and it's not that bad. Smells kinda funky.