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Oophagy

Oophagy is the term for a diet of eggs. Some snakes are oophages.

Some species of sharks (such as the bull shark) have been observed displaying cannibalistic intra-uterine oophagous behaviour : the first shark to hatch from its egg eats the other eggs.

The common egg eater (Dasypeltis scabra), is an exclusively oophagous snake. © DR The common egg eater (Dasypeltis scabra), is an exclusively oophagous snake. © DR


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