And here's a handful of little baby blue-tongue skinks! I can tell they're less than a week old because they aren't trying to kill each other. Newborn blue-tongues sometimes stick around their siblings for a short while, but part ways early and live an entirely solitary life afterwards.
You can see the little outie bellybutton on the one in the front! Blue-tongue skinks have an almost mammal-like reproductive system with placenta and umbilical cord and everything. After their first shed the bellybutton almost entirely heals over; it is almost invisible in adults. (I can't find Igor's.)
A fun fact about baby blue-tongues specifically is that they are exactly as intelligent as the adults. If faced with an entirely novel problem, there is zero difference in either puzzle solving or learning ability between a 1-week-old baby and a 15-year-old adult. This is extreme, even by reptile standards. Adults do have the advantage of experience and memories, so if faced with a not-entirely-novel problem, they will outperform babies because they can draw on things they've learned in the past.
(Igor has solved a cat puzzle feeder, and I've taught him to wipe his mouth in a kitchen towel. Blueys are generally considered among the smarter reptiles; they can also be clicker and target trained.)
