Animals V Humans Reproductively

[soobet]

Animals V Humans Reproductively


Animals have ovaries and a womb just like humans so why is it when we are on our period we don't get pregnant but yet an animal has to be "in season" to get pregnant?

[Fiszi]

The answer to that is long and complicated and varies due to species. I assume by "in season" you mean bleeding. All mammals have a cycle and come in to season at certain times depending on the species but most don't bleed. I'm not as strong on canine reproduction as other animals but I know bitches bleed and from what I know about other animals I think they probably get pregnant towards the end of this bleeding because it's the start of a new cycle. A few humans with short cycles can get pregnant during the end part of the bleeding but it's unusual.

[commoner]

...mmm...as a "fancier" in the rabbit world I know that a rabbit differs from other mammals in that the female ovulates only after being mounted by a male. This is called induced ovulation. Other mammals differ in their method.
So very different from the human "animal" which ovulates in a set monthly cycle and only presents the egg for fertilization at a precise time in this "period" ...being actually "on your period" would indicate that it is too late for fertilization as the "egg" and it's accompanying "regalia", for want of a better word, is being ejected ready for the next cycle..........

[Catso]

In essence, human reproduction works pretty much as many other mammals. It's just that female humans are 'in season' all year round.

Perhaps one of the reasons we've taken over ther world.