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Tasty skin

February 24, 2008 By 1 Comment

The title “Tasty skin” may make you think of crispy potato skins, but this week I read an article about an animal that also has an edible skin – the caecilian female feeds its young by letting them peel off bits of its skin, which contain the nutrients for it to grow.
It makes my skin itch just to think about it!

 

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Graham Tappenden is a British ex-pat who first came to Germany as a placement student in 1993, returning in 1995 to live there permanently. He has been writing for AllThingsGerman.net since 2006. When not writing blog posts or freelancing for the Oberurseler Woche and other publications he works as a self-employed IT consultant and online community manager. In 2016 he gained German citizenship.

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  1. Bathroom radiators says
    December 26, 2009 at 3:20 am

    Thanks for posting this, lifted my day.

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