There is a species of toad who carry their toad babies under their skin. They are flat. As flat as a foot step. As flat as a leaf. The females incubate their babies on their backs in honeycomb pockets beneath a thin layer of skin. While the mother goes about her toady day mimicking a piece of rotting wood, or a fallen leaf, the eggs grow to tadpoles. Ap…
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