childbirth, n.Trivia

When a female giraffe is ready to give birth, she will often return to the spot where she was born to have her baby.

Hippopotamuses are born under water

Giraffes are almost always standing up. They sleep and give birth standing up.

Any person born on a plane over the United States can claim U.S. citizenship, even if their parents are foreign.

Salmon die as a result of exhaustion after spawning. (a small percent of survived salmons will spawn few more time in their lifetime).

The female loggerhead turtle will sometimes travel thousands of kilometers to return to the beach where they hatch their eggs.

Giraffe baby's fall up to 6-feet to the ground when born

Baby rattlesnakes are born in August and September

Aztecs saw giving birth as a battle, and women who died during childbirth were believed to go to the same heaven as fallen warriors.

Most newborns will lose all the hair they are born with in the first six months of life.

Aphids are born pregnant

childbirth is a busy business --- around 490,000 babies are born each day.

When a baby elephant is born, other moms in the family group will trumpet to celebrate and announce the new baby's arrival.