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10 Amazing facts about moms in nature

That was quick!

Possums have one of the shortest pregnancies at 16 days. The shortest human pregnancy to produce a healthy baby was 22 weeks, 6 days -- the baby was the length of a ballpoint pen.
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May 2nd 2008 @ 2:54PM

10 Amazing facts about moms in nature

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A long time to be pregnant!
That was quick!
Whoa, big family!
Never grow up.
Got milk?
Male mommies.
That's a lot of kids!
A very...close knit family.
More than one womb?
That's an, um, unique birthing position