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  2. List of mammals of Japan - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of mammal species recorded in Japan (excluding domesticated and captive populations). Of the 172 [1] species of mammal found—112 native terrestrial mammals (those that are endemic are identified below; this number includes 37 species of bat), 19 introduced species, 40 species of Cetacea, and the dugong—161 are listed for the Japan region on the IUCN Red List of Threatened ...

  3. Ubume - Wikipedia

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    An image of ubume as depicted by Toriyama Sekien, an ukiyo-e artist famous for his prints of yokai and obakemono. [citation needed]In the 16th volume, first half of the Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang of the Tang dynasty, volume 462 of the Taiping Guangji of Northern Song dynasty, the "night-going leisure woman" is a nocturnal strange bird that steals people's babies and about it is written ...

  4. Childbirth in Japan - Wikipedia

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    As a result, most pregnant women in Japan often receive fetal sonogram in every prenatal visit. They believe that monitoring normal development of the fetus will facilitate safe delivery. Additionally, because Japanese women prioritize safe delivery, episiotomy is often performed in all birth cases. [16]

  5. Pregnancy (mammals) - Wikipedia

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    A pregnant lioness. In mammals , pregnancy is the period of reproduction during which a female carries one or more live offspring from implantation in the uterus through gestation . It begins when a fertilized zygote implants in the female's uterus , and ends once it leaves the uterus.

  6. Mammalian reproduction - Wikipedia

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    Male mammals ejaculate semen through the penis into the female reproductive tract during copulation. [28] [29] Ejaculation usually occurs after only one intromission in humans, canids, and ungulates, but occurs after multiple intromissions in most mammal species. [30] [31] Copulation can induce ovulation in mammal species that do not ovulate ...

  7. List of mammalian gestation durations - Wikipedia

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    Large mammals develop at an absolute slower rate compared to small mammals. Thus, the large mammal tend have longer gestation periods than small mammal as they tend to produce larger neonate. [18] Large mammals require a longer period of time to attain any proportion of adult mass compared to small mammals. [19]

  8. Is Kary Mullis God? (or Just the Big Kahuna?) - AOL

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    Kary B. Mullis sits in his beachfront apartment in La Jolla, surrounded by his tools of seduction. There are bottles of wine, surfboards, a guitar (“Women go crazy when you play the guitar for ...

  9. Placentophagy - Wikipedia

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    The morphological features of the placenta differ among species, but the function is universal. The behaviour is characteristic to the mother of the majority of placental mammals. [1] Significant documentation has been provided on placentophagy in a range of animals. Anomalies generally include humans and aquatic species, as well as camels. [2]