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Which parent gives

its life for its young?

Proud parents may say they would

do anything for their children, but Spiderlings

eat their
black lace-weaver spiders actually mother alive,

let their offspring eat them alive! sucking the
juices from
her body.

Female black lace-weaver
spiders have a short life
because the spiderlings
eat their mother
three days after
hatching.
African Italian Black lace-
caecilians scorpions weavers

Worm-like amphibian Scorpion mothers carry
caecilian mothers allow hundreds of soft-bodied
new babies to eat their scorplings on their backs,
fatty, nutrient-rich protecting the young with
skin, which regrows. the sting in their tail.

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