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A baby spiny anteater is a puggle - and i'm not chidnia (Original Post)
ashling
Oct 2012
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The human fetus gets oxygen through the mother's blood via the umbilical cord.
Baitball Blogger
Oct 2012
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nolabear
(41,963 posts)1. Dang! I can't believe you beat me to it! LOL!
ashling
(25,771 posts)2. It's a gift ...
... and a curse
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)3. The cute meter just hit eleven.
ashling
(25,771 posts)5. And to think I feared metric
struggle4progress
(118,285 posts)6. !
Baitball Blogger
(46,715 posts)4. It looks like a live cartoon!
Never thought about it before, but how do they get air to breath when they're inside the mom's pouch?
And I imagine that in the pouch they get a lot of stimulation from the mom moving around. Surely the ice box is a sensory deprivation chamber by comparison?
ashling
(25,771 posts)7. How does a human fetus get air to breathe inside the womb?
I understand that it is the same sort of thing.
Baitball Blogger
(46,715 posts)9. The human fetus gets oxygen through the mother's blood via the umbilical cord.
That little fellow looks like he's breathing on his own.
leeroysphitz
(10,462 posts)8. wat