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A baby spiny anteater is a puggle - and i'm not chidnia (Original Post) ashling Oct 2012 OP
Dang! I can't believe you beat me to it! LOL! nolabear Oct 2012 #1
It's a gift ... ashling Oct 2012 #2
The cute meter just hit eleven. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #3
And to think I feared metric ashling Oct 2012 #5
! struggle4progress Oct 2012 #6
It looks like a live cartoon! Baitball Blogger Oct 2012 #4
How does a human fetus get air to breathe inside the womb? ashling Oct 2012 #7
The human fetus gets oxygen through the mother's blood via the umbilical cord. Baitball Blogger Oct 2012 #9
wat leeroysphitz Oct 2012 #8

Baitball Blogger

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4. It looks like a live cartoon!
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 12:16 PM
Oct 2012

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?
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 10:17 PM
Oct 2012

I understand that it is the same sort of thing.

Baitball Blogger

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9. The human fetus gets oxygen through the mother's blood via the umbilical cord.
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 10:48 PM
Oct 2012

That little fellow looks like he's breathing on his own.

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