The higgledy piggledy poems return… (The first higgledy piggledy post is here.) Once again I have not quite followed all the rules.
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Parental care
Tentacled vermiform
mother caecilian
what simple kindness your
offspring must lack:
Un-altruistically
cannibalistically
eating their mama’s own
skin for a snack!
Yellow-striped caecilian. Photo by Kerry Matz*
Caecilians are a kind of amphibian. Some caecilians feed their babies by growing a special layer of skin that the babies then eat. (Hey, is it really any weirder than what we mammals do to feed our babies?) All caecilians have little tentacles on their faces. See, goofy poetry is so educational!
