Making a Meal of Mom: cannablistic worms that parasitize on mom

link to full article in sciencenow
"When it comes to making sacrifices for their children, some moms put other parents to shame. That's especially true of wormlike amphibians called Boulengerula taitanus, whose eggs hatch in small underground burrows. Because food is scarce here, mom turns her skin into a nourishing meal, which her young peel and eat until they are big enough to leave the nest."->excerpted
Wow talk abt living off your parents huh? but to me its really not that different from the young of discus fish who feed off secretions of their parents. The mom here is producing extra skin to feed them I guess..