Something I've never seen in real life before

[haruka27]

Today, everyone, I got to watch a mouse give birth. I just happened to come downstairs right as this pregnant female started squeezing out her first pup. I set the cage down on the edge of the cage-holder-shelf and watched it all through the clear plastic bottom of the cage (the mice are given bedding, but in this particuar area, luckily, the

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[chickenblood]

yet another reason why I never want to have children.
Gross.

[haruka27]

You, sir, are a sad little man.

Funny how I have only Evans commenting on my entry.

[haruka27]

P.S. Humans don't (usually) eat their placenta (although some people...). that helps in not making gross.

[oh_eudora]

eating placenta....now there's one of those things i'd like to say i've done, but don't actually want to go through the process of doing.

in german, the word for placenta is "mutterkuchen" which directly translates to "mother cake". in case you were curious.

[prof_vencire]

Wow, I honestly have never seen a birth like that. That's actually really interesting. Cool.

[haruka27]

I was pretty enthralled.

[sarahpi]

Oooh, awesome. Seriously. I would've gotten a kick out of that too.

[ceteranna]

Wish I could've been there. That's awesome.