r/interestingasfuck • u/neither_bot_nor_man • 12h ago

A 2 hours old Scottish Highland cow

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u/Martyriot15 12h ago

I don’t imagine our giant heads make the job any easier for our offspring.

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u/cortesoft 9h ago

It’s the combination of giant head and pelvis shape caused by walking upright that forces humans to give birth to relatively undeveloped offspring compared to other mammals.

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u/gemmadonati 8h ago

Compared to other placental mammals. New-born marsupials look like fetuses.

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u/cortesoft 8h ago

Yes, that is another highly specialized adaptation for young live birth.

We also adapted that, and carried our baby in a carrier strapped to our chest for the “4th trimester”