Can humans give birth to other species?

Probably not. Ethical considerations preclude definitive research on the subject, but it's safe to say that human DNA has become so different from that of other animals that interbreeding would likely be impossible.
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Is it possible for an animal and human to have a baby?

This is because dogs and people have very different sets of instructions in their DNA. Their genomes are simply too different to come together and make something that will live. Their genomes cannot mix in any productive way.
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Can a human have a baby with a dolphin?

To make it possible for a human mother to deliver a dolphin from her womb, there is a need to synthesise "The Dolp-human Placenta". The usual human placenta interacts to pass from mother to baby oxygen, carbon dioxide, nutrients, hormones, antibodies (Immunoglobulin Gamma, IgG) and so on.
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Is it possible for a human to give birth to a cat?

According to one 16th-century tale, a woman named Agnes Bowker pretended to give birth to a cat. According to the court testimonials, Bowker gave birth to a skinned cat on the June 17, 1569 in the English town of Harborough.
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Is it possible to give birth to a snake?

Ovoviviparous

Ovoviviparous snakes develop non-shelled eggs inside their bodies, where the young develop from. But the young ones are usually born alive without the eggs or eggshells because they remain inside the mother. It means that the eggs hatch inside the mother, and the baby snake emerges with no shell. Amazing!
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The three different ways mammals give birth - Kate Slabosky



Which animal dies after childbirth?

Octopuses are semelparous animals, which means they reproduce once and then they die. After a female octopus lays a clutch of eggs, she quits eating and wastes away; by the time the eggs hatch, she dies.
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Do snakes fart?

Why Do Snakes Fart? Snake farting is not common because they are strict carnivores, and most of the gas that we humans experience comes from consuming vegetable material. Snakes don't even have the gut bacteria to break down plants to cause the gas.
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What happens if a kitten dies in the womb?

The kittens could die and become stuck in the womb.

However, sometimes a kitten dies inside the womb without triggering a miscarriage. It could literally rot away inside the mother, requiring immediate veterinary intervention and a c-section to remove the putrefied body.
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What to do if a cat gives birth to a dead kitten?

If your cat has had stillborn kittens, take them to the vet. Your vet will want to run tests on your cat to ensure she doesn't have a viral or bacterial infection that could affect the rest of the litter. Your vet will also want to examine the living kittens to ensure they're healthy.
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Why do cats eat placenta?

Many cats eat their placentas. It provides them with a boost of nutrition when they need it most and is a hygienic way for them to clean up the birthing area. Remember, cats evolved to give birth without our help, so they will often still act like they don't have a human to clean up their birthing box for them.
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Can you give birth in the ocean?

"Giving birth in the ocean comes with its own set of risks including the temperature of the water, the unpredictability of tides and waves, and risk of infection due to harmful bacteria or pathogens in the water."
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Do dolphins carry STDS?

STIs in animals

“Wild Animals don't practice safe sex, of course they have STIs!” explains Dr Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, a modern day Dr Dolittle and UCLA cardiologist consulting for the Los Angeles zoo. Atlantic bottlenose dolphins can get genital warts, baboons suffer from herpes and syphilis is common in rabbits.
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Do dolphins know when a human is pregnant?

"They (dolphins) can tell when another dolphin is pregnant and they can certainly tell when a human is pregnant," said Dr. Janet Mann of Georgetown University.
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Can a dog impregnate a cat?

Cats and dogs cannot mate with each other, even if it looks like they're trying to do so. Their breeding behaviors, heat cycles, and different DNA prevent them from being able to produce healthy, viable offspring. Hybrid species can be created when the animals have similar DNA to each other, such as lions and tigers.
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Can a cat get pregnant by a dog?

And they do exist—mules, for instance, are the result of a horse and donkey mating. But creating hybrids of animals that are very genetically distinct from each other – such as a dog and a cat – are impossible, as is one species giving birth to an entirely different one.
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Why did my cat ate her kittens?

The most common cause of a mother cat eating her kittens is stress. This might include a perceived threat from another animal, but quite often it is us as humans that inadvertently cause our new feline family stress.
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Why did my cat bring me her dead kitten?

The mother cat might bring her dead kitten to you, signaling that she needs your help. She might want you to fix the kitten or to take care of it because she can't. Don't be surprised if your cat veers the other direction, though, and instead of offering you her kitten, she hisses and scratches whenever you come near.
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Should I show my cat her dead sister?

If your cat has died from a cause that doesn't pose a risk of infection to other cats, and you feel comfortable doing so, you can show your cat the body of your deceased cat. There is, however, no studies to suggest that this aids the grieving process in your cat.
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Do cats eat their dead babies?

This may seem like a gruesome topic but in short, the answer is usually no – mother cats (or more correctly queens as they are known), do not eat their kittens. They do, however, commonly eat the placenta of their kittens and this is completely normal behaviour.
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Do cats have periods?

In a sense, yes, cats do have menstrual periods. In felines it's called 'oestrus', but many people just refer to it as being 'in heat'. Only unspayed female cats go through these cycles but rather than shedding the old womb lining like humans do, they reabsorb it, so bleeding is a very rare side effect.
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Can I pull the placenta out of a cat?

Never ever attempt to pull a placenta out of the uterus. There's a rare complication where the placenta is stuck to the uterus. If you pull it, you will cause the cat to bleed to death. When to Intervene: Keep track of the number of placentas and do so in writing.
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Do spiders fart?

Since the stercoral sac contains bacteria, which helps break down the spider's food, it seems likely that gas is produced during this process, and therefore there is certainly the possibility that spiders do fart.
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Do sharks fart?

We've all seen tiger sharks in aquariums just hanging there, unlike most sharks which would sink, well this is their secret! They let air out in the form of a fart when they want to lose buoyancy.
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Do ants fart?

Yes. In insects, we usually call it the “gut,” but it does more or less the same things in insects that intestines do in humans.
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What animal never dies?

To date, there's only one species that has been called 'biologically immortal': the jellyfish Turritopsis dohrnii. These small, transparent animals hang out in oceans around the world and can turn back time by reverting to an earlier stage of their life cycle.
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