awwww animals in the womb ... you have to see these pics

[Twiglett]

they're fab

Just had to look that up now, lol...and Elephants have definately pulled the short-straw...depending on whick kind of whale gestation is between 9-18 month.
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If you think elephants have it tough with 22 month gestation then spare a thought for them at conception...
The boy elephant at Whipsnade had its willy out when I last went there and I'll swear it was as thick as its leg!! [wince emoticon]

I wonder if they get nausea in the first trimester. That would be miserable.

For the keepers as well as the elephant...

[imagines drowning in elephant sick]

Can you feed ginger biscuits to elephants? You used to be able to feed them currant buns...

At Whipsnade they give them dog biscuits as a treat. Do they come in gingernut flavour?!

sorry to spoil things, but little thought that it's not right to do scans on animals, just a little thought

Why would that be Alice? We do them on humans?

i know, it was just myknee jerk reaction. and i knew other people would say, well we do it on humans.. it's just they don't have um.. the ability to say no to it

But maybe thinking that they ought to have the right to say no is anthropomorphising them? I mean, I'm no veggie but we think it's ok to kill animals for meat so having a scan is nothing, really.

Something I've never understood - when animals have an umbilical cord - who clamps it?????!!!!! Also where do they get the really big maternity pads from?

Funny that anilmals don't bleed for ages after birth like we do - wonder why that is? Never thought of that before.

well a dog's season is only yearly isn't it? not monthly.

I'm not sure exactly 40 plus, but I think its because we stand upright. I think its suppose to cause us more trauma

I know we're the only animals that bleed when we're not fertile - if other animals bleed at all it's when they're 'on heat'.