#baby

• by shocko61

  did I just see a live birth or can someone explain how this happened, the old worm may have been on top of and old egg ????. Ian

  Posted November 20, 2014 3:25 AM

• by aexbrown scientist

  Hard to tell for sure, but it does look that way. There are occasionally live births in egg laying defective mutants. They can hold on to their eggs long enough that they hatch inside of the mother! This also happens to normal worms if they are starving (they don't want to lay eggs in bad conditions) and they can actually retain offspring until the mother dies and the babies eat their way out. 😐

  Posted November 20, 2014 4:35 PM

• by DZM admin

  Wow, that would make this a really unique video, then. Good find!

  Posted November 20, 2014 5:27 PM

• by shocko61

  Thank you aexbrown ,And Thank you DZM ,wow cool stuff

  Posted November 21, 2014 12:17 AM

• by WEBs_in_space

  On this #baby thread, I am wondering if we should mark all the vids with babies in them?
  Good find shocko61!!
  Stay cool.

  Posted March 15, 2015 2:30 PM

• by aexbrown scientist

  Don't mark them as an egg (i.e. by pressing 'z') but I do always like seeing these kinds of videos, so marking them with a hashtag is nice!

  Posted March 15, 2015 5:06 PM