The authors of the paper uploaded 6 videos in the supporting info. It looks like mucus to me, but it is difficult to see. I cropped one video in which you can see strings of the “milk”: https://i.imgur.com/9RvVSgz.mp4
I also have a snippet from one of the videos that shows in more detail how the fluid is excreted. I will hide it under a spoiler tag to make sure people are warned of the content before clicking the link, because I think these images might be uncomfortable to watch for some people.
An interesting case of convergent evolution. I wanna know what this fluid looks like.
The authors of the paper uploaded 6 videos in the supporting info. It looks like mucus to me, but it is difficult to see. I cropped one video in which you can see strings of the “milk”: https://i.imgur.com/9RvVSgz.mp4
You can get the zip file with the 6 videos here: https://www.science.org/doi/suppl/10.1126/science.adi5379/suppl_file/science.adi5379_movies_s1_to_s6.zip
I also found a video of a frog feeding its tadpoles through the skin: https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1007%2Fs10682-023-10259-z/MediaObjects/10682_2023_10259_MOESM2_ESM.mp4
The frog video comes from this paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10682-023-10259-z
Wow, thank you very much!
You are welcome!
I also have a snippet from one of the videos that shows in more detail how the fluid is excreted. I will hide it under a spoiler tag to make sure people are warned of the content before clicking the link, because I think these images might be uncomfortable to watch for some people.
spoiler
Here’s the video in which you can see the mom excreting a thick fluid through her cloaca: https://i.imgur.com/sB22z5G.mp4
This snippet comes from the video 5 from the supporting information.
Heh I got a warning it may contain erotic or sexual imagery from imgur.
…Oh 😅 Yeah I think I can see why now
And how it tastes.
Slimy, yet satisfying.
Hakuna matata!
You make me wanna vomit but i am afraid you’d wanna know how it taste so i am gonna hold on to it for now.
(☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞
Everyone knows what a technicolour yawn tastes like. We want to know about that sweet jizzmilk.
Keeping the flavour all for yourself eh?