This photograph has been doing the rounds on social media for the last few months, but what's really going on?
A Greek doctor snapped this amazing image during a caesarian section. Unusually, the amniotic sac remained intact as the birth progressed. Typically it breaks, but this time it did not -leading to the baby not even being aware it had been born. Until the amniotic sac breaks, the baby will continue to receive oxygen and nutrients from the placenta.
This baby was born safe and healthy.
That would be a great image to include in vertebrate zoology/phylogeny texts (about the best demonstration that we are amniotes you're going to get).
ReplyDeleteMagnificent photo!
ReplyDeleteawesome rare real pic
ReplyDeleteI am impressed - The baby was protected and was saved the ordeal of the birth process!
ReplyDeletethat ordeal forces fluid from the lungs so it can breathe, normally a good thing
ReplyDeleteSubhanallah :)
ReplyDeletevery cool image thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteWelcome :-)
ReplyDeleteHaha as cool as this is, this is one incredibly gross image. XD
ReplyDeleteIt's like a little child lava...
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ReplyDeleteThis is magnificent..
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