I’m not taking about pushing out the baby, as humans evolved large brains for our size so it’s a tight squeeze.
But the contractions and cramping is very painful for women, do other animals experience similar pain but just remain quiet?
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Like others have said, animals don’t like to broadcast their labor because it ups their risk of dying. Humans can even experience something called “Monkey Labor” that causes the laborer to go through contractions only during the night, when they can relax. It’s called Monkey Labor because the monkey parents labor at night when they go to the trees.
So I imagine other species have ways to split up their labor for the good of the species. Rabbits can reabsorb their litters if their biology decides it’s not a good time. And rabbit mothers can even decide to eat their young when they’re stressed.
Nature’s wild. They almost certainly experience painful labor and have adapted ways to keep safe during the process.
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