The Surinam toad has one of the strangest birth methods in the animal kingdom. Babies erupt from a cluster of tiny holes in their mother’s back.

@rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social‬ @globalmuseum #toads #birth

This doesn't seem biologically accurate, but I don't know much about motor vehicle reproduction

Does this happen in #Germany a lot?

#Deutschland #absurdity #birth #publictransport #avantgarde

After the Ngogo #chimpanzee group killed 21 members of neighboring groups and expanded their territory by 22%, female #birth rates more than doubled and #infant survival increased sharply—showing clear fitness benefits from intergroup killing.

Beware that this will be taken to back up #warfare models for early human societies. But this is a rather different story because female chimps get no help feeding their infants, rarely help each other and are constrained to great ape brain sizes. Chimps are way more territorial than hunter-gatherers in general. It's very doubtful if warfare would help Homo mothers of extremely large-brained offspring.

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2524502122?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_term=pnas.org&utm_content=2dd2ef4b-ebb1-404f-b59b-65d8117dab10&utm_campaign=hootsuite

After the Ngogo #chimpanzee group killed 21 members of neighboring groups and expanded their territory by 22%, female #birth rates more than doubled and #infant survival increased sharply—showing clear fitness benefits from intergroup killing.

Beware that this will be taken to back up #warfare models for early human societies. But this is a rather different story because female chimps get no help feeding their infants, rarely help each other and are constrained to great ape brain sizes. Chimps are way more territorial than hunter-gatherers in general. It's very doubtful if warfare would help Homo mothers of extremely large-brained offspring.

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2524502122?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_term=pnas.org&utm_content=2dd2ef4b-ebb1-404f-b59b-65d8117dab10&utm_campaign=hootsuite

This is a great episode. Thank you Abigail. A #mustWatch!

Philosophy Tube: *You're Wrong About Birth Rates & Aging Populations*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIDnr646tLA

#Birth #birthRates #aging #populations #demography #socialGeography #phantasm #philosophy

This is a great episode. Thank you Abigail. A #mustWatch!

Philosophy Tube: *You're Wrong About Birth Rates & Aging Populations*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIDnr646tLA

#Birth #birthRates #aging #populations #demography #socialGeography #phantasm #philosophy

Surely this qualifies as the weirdest #news of the day?

https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/world-news/2025/09/13/68c58182ca4741664d8b459c.html

#birth #childbirth #biology #robotics