Man Plans To Feed Placenta From His Newborn Son To Pet Goannas

[matcom]

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BRISBANE, Australia --An Australian man who says "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin shaped his love for reptiles said Tuesday he plans to feed the placenta from his newborn son to his pet goannas to bring the family closer to lizards.

Wil Kemp, a reptile keeper at Rockhampton Zoo in northeastern Queensland state, said his second son was born on Sept. 5, the day after Irwin was killed by a stingray attack while filming on the Great Barrier Reef.

Kemp and his fiance Kahila Pepper gave the boy the first and second names Tai and Irwin -- the former after the taipan snake and the latter after the television star and conservationist.

Kemp said the couple planned to feed the placenta to their three pet goannas, which live in pits in the family's backyard, after a homecoming gathering on Sunday.

"I think we'll just break some beers, chuck it in and do it," said Kemp, 21.

The couple came up with the idea after nurses told them they could take the placenta -- the organ that grows in the womb to be the interface for nutrients and blood between mother and fetus that comes out during childbirth -- home if they wished.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2006/09/25/man_plans_to_feed_placenta_to_goannas?mode=PF

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. Isn't that just going to give the lizards a taste for baby???

:scared:

[philosophie_en_rose]

2. i think so.

gross.

[Vidar]

3. The weirdness didn't die with Irwin.

[XemaSab]

4. Let's hope to God the baby is taking Dad's last name

"Tai Pepper" is a cruel, cruel burden to saddle a child with.