why caterpillars eat their eggshells

[Liz Day]

 >I wasn't thinking of necrophagy (is that a word?).  Coprophagy is something
 >a bit different. ....  the leps I work with hav never tried it.

Oops.  Duh.   But in either case, the eater risks getting a disease, so 
maybe that's why they don't do these things.

Liz Day


 
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