Talk:Caecilian
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The German Wikipedia Webpage states that caecilians are reptiles, which is contrary to the English Wikipedia definition. Don't the Wikipedia Websites of different tongues exchange information collaboratively?
- I cannot see that the German article says anything about reptiles, nor was it recently vandalized and showed something clearly wrong like that temporarily. Caecilians are amphibians, both in English as well as in German. andy 22:07, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Recent discovery
The following section
"The hatchlings of certain East African oviparous species of caecilians have special teeth that allow them to peel and eat their mother's skin. The mother's skin in these species was found to be thicker than normal and contained a high level of fat and other nutrients. In addition to the skin, the newborns eat the rest of their mother's body as well."
seems to duplicate information mentioned under the reproduction section and the statement "the newborns eat the rest of their mother's body as well" doesn't make it clear under what circumstances this is the case. --80.6.85.54 23:34, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Simple Question
What do different caecilians eat? Termites and raw earth were suggested in one article (outside Wikipedia), but is that true of only that specie, most species, or all species?
--75.84.114.219 16:44, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
- It seems a simple question, but actually the diet of caecilians in not known well yet. That German book listed in the references has such two pages about it (out of 150 pages in total). I'll write a short section about it to the article. andy 19:41, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
