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Interesting baby facts...about animals! #1

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alandou

on Feb. 15, 2012 at 1:52 AM

April

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The embryos of the sharks fight each other while they are in their mother's womb. And the survivor baby shark that wins is born.

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Tammara on Feb. 15, 2012 at 1:58 AM

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Gross! Can you imagine "hey honey, what did you do today", "oh nothing just enjoyed the fetuses killing eachother and knitted a sweater for the survivor" Hahaha.

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momma_sam

on Feb. 15, 2012 at 2:10 AM

Quoting carsonsmommytam:

Gross! Can you imagine "hey honey, what did you do today", "oh nothing just enjoyed the fetuses killing eachother and knitted a sweater for the survivor" Hahaha.

them killing each other is a depressing thought but ur response made me laugh :P

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Laura on Feb. 15, 2012 at 2:30 AM

wow!!!

PZRM

Bronze Member on Feb. 15, 2012 at 2:42 AM

I actually already knew that! haha.. I'm a nerd... Did you know the longest gestation period of any (known) creature on Earth belongs to a shark species i can't remember the name of?? 42 months of bein preggo!! o.o

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Bronze Member on Feb. 15, 2012 at 2:43 AM

AND did you know that Armadillos can delay labor for up to TEN YEARS?? And the ONLY have identical Quadruplets every time!

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Angela on Feb. 15, 2012 at 2:46 AM

Wow!!! That is so weird. I wonder how long they are pregnant for :P

alandou

April on Feb. 15, 2012 at 3:11 AM

Sharks will not deliver their babies unless and until they are sure that the baby shark has been developed completely. Sharks will deliver a small number of well developed baby sharks as opposed to many poorly developed babies. Depending on the species of shark, their gestation period varies from 1 to 3.5 years.

Now that's a strong motherly instinct!

alandou

April on Feb. 15, 2012 at 3:17 AM

I was interested so I looked it up. It's called a Frill Shark and she is a nasty lookin thing!

The frilled shark also has an extraordinarily long gestation period estimated at 3.5 years. That's some 42 months of pregnancy! By far the longest of any vertebrate. The mother gives birth to around 6 live pups (between 2 and 15) when they reach 40 to 60 cm in length, after protecting the eggs in her body.

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I actually already knew that! haha.. I'm a nerd... Did you know the longest gestation period of any (known) creature on Earth belongs to a shark species i can't remember the name of?? 42 months of bein preggo!! o.o

alandou

April on Feb. 15, 2012 at 3:18 AM

now I have to go look at pictures of cute babies and puppies, otherwise I will probably have nightmares after seeing that pic above...

PZRM

Bronze Member on Feb. 15, 2012 at 2:21 PM

Thank you! Yeah that one.... Freakin crazy scary lookin thing... :/ I'm glad i'm seeing this now and not last night, haha.. Did you find any good pups? ;)

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now I have to go look at pictures of cute babies and puppies, otherwise I will probably have nightmares after seeing that pic above...

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