Oophagy (/oʊˈɒfədʒi/ oh-OFF-ə-jee) or ovophagy, literally "egg eating", is the practice of embryos feeding on eggs produced by the ovary while still inside...

adelphophagy or embryophagy, the fetus eats sibling embryos, while in oophagy it feeds on eggs. Adelphophagy occurs in some marine gastropods (calyptraeids...

Mucophagy Myrmecophagy Ophiophagy Piscivore Spongivore Vermivore reproductive Oophagy Paedophagy Placentophagy Breastfeeding Weaning cannibalistic Animal cannibalism...

additional provisioning may be in the form of unfertilized eggs (intrauterine oophagy), uterine secretions (histotrophy) or it may be delivered through a placenta...

they begin feasting on the mother's unfertilized eggs; this is known as oophagy. Thresher sharks are slow to mature; males reach sexual maturity between...

but obtain nutrients by consuming other ova, zygotes or sibling embryos (oophagy or adelphophagy). This intra-uterine cannibalism occurs in some sharks...

young are born alive and fully functional. Lamniforme sharks practice oophagy, where the first embryos to hatch eat the remaining eggs. Taking this a...

Anthropophagy: the practice of eating human flesh Intrauterine cannibalism Oophagy or Ovophagy: the embryo/foetus eats sibling eggs Embryophagy: the foetus...

Mucophagy Myrmecophagy Ophiophagy Piscivore Spongivore Vermivore reproductive Oophagy Paedophagy Placentophagy Breastfeeding Weaning cannibalistic Animal cannibalism...

Mucophagy Myrmecophagy Ophiophagy Piscivore Spongivore Vermivore reproductive Oophagy Paedophagy Placentophagy Breastfeeding Weaning cannibalistic Animal cannibalism...