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Hi guys,
I have a question. I was looking at the Swift Inverts site and I noticed that in pics of a captive bred scolopendra gigantea clutch, the babies ended up eating mom, leaving only her fangs. Eep!
I was wondering how common this was in captive breeding situations since I haven't read about any of you guys experiencing this.
Is it because you take the little guys out as soon as they leave mom to prevent them from canabalizing her? Do you think they would do it if left undisturbed?
I tell you, though, that is the ultimate in self-sacrifice. I wonder how many human parents feel that they (or maybe their wallets) are being slowly nibbled to death by the dreaded offspring.
Greensleeves
I have a question. I was looking at the Swift Inverts site and I noticed that in pics of a captive bred scolopendra gigantea clutch, the babies ended up eating mom, leaving only her fangs. Eep!
I was wondering how common this was in captive breeding situations since I haven't read about any of you guys experiencing this.
Is it because you take the little guys out as soon as they leave mom to prevent them from canabalizing her? Do you think they would do it if left undisturbed?
I tell you, though, that is the ultimate in self-sacrifice. I wonder how many human parents feel that they (or maybe their wallets) are being slowly nibbled to death by the dreaded offspring.
Greensleeves