Lucky for me, pregnant women can’t run very fast

[archerships]

If my mate ever complains about the rigors of pregnancy, I’m just going to point her to this video of the Surinam Pipa toad.

Surinam toads are most well-known for their remarkable reproductive habits. The partners rise from 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).

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[ersigh.livejournal.com]

How very sensitive of you. :p

[crasch.livejournal.com]

That's me, Mr. Sensitive.

[ivanafox.livejournal.com]

Hmm...that's one of the more repulsive forms of reproduction I can ever recall seeing.

[crasch.livejournal.com]

Agreed. I don't squick easily, but that video gives me the heebee geebees.

[ladykalana.livejournal.com]

Dude, I am so foully disgusted by this concept. I would rather spork out my eyes than watch that video.

[jaine-parr.livejournal.com]

If you point that video out to a pregnant woman, you deserve whatever you get.

[crasch.livejournal.com]

Good thing all the pregnant women I know are at a minimum safe distance.

[tinymammoth.livejournal.com]

Well if my mate ever complains about the sacrifices he has to make for our relationship, I'll show him this information about the blanket octopus:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanket_octopus

[crasch.livejournal.com]

Awww...

There's a "Gift of the Magi" story here somewhere.

[tinymammoth.livejournal.com]

hahaha

[meredith.livejournal.com]

Biology can be so disgusting sometimes. It probably is most of the time, but I just ignore it. YUCK.

Sometimes you can't ignore it...

[crasch.livejournal.com]

[starling321.livejournal.com]

*kicks you for good measure on behalf of all pregnant women*

[crasch.livejournal.com]

Hey! Aren't you supposed to be glowing or something?

[portia.livejournal.com]

That is horrifying.

[crasch.livejournal.com]

You know what it makes me think of?

Bubble wrap.

[portia.livejournal.com]

Bubble wrap is FUN. That video is NOT fun.

[crasch.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Glad you like them.