[Biology] The umbilical cord: is it 'necessary' to sever it, or is it designed to disconnect on its own eventually? - eviltoast

What are the consequences of not severing it? I imagine you’d have the weirdest bellybutton on earth if nothing else.

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  • SoleInvictus@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    My money is on it being the elemental power of bullshit. It’s likely the same ingredient that makes homeopathy actually ‘do’ anything: time i.e., it would have happened at that point regardless.