Stunning photographs of animals inside womb
These amazing embryonic animal photographs of dolphins, sharks, dogs, penguins, cats and elephants are from a new National Geographic Documentary called “Extraordinary Animals in the Womb”. The show’s producer, Peter Chinn, used a combination of three-dimensional ultrasound scans, computer graphics and tiny cameras to capture the process from conception to birth. They are the most detailed embryonic animal pictures ever seen.
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Wow this is amazing! Beautiful actually…
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Dec 15, 2009Elephant is so cute..all of them are so cute! :X
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Dec 15, 2009Awww they're ADORABLE…?
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Dec 15, 2009There’s the small issue that fish and birds don’t ever exist in a womb… but other than that.
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Dec 16, 2009Sharks and Dolphins do exist in the womb and are delivered. But I would say these are not all actual pictures since like the elephant is an awfully high up picture to be in the womb.
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Dec 16, 2009Stunning images! thumbsup!
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Dec 16, 2009That’s why they are in eggs…
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Dec 16, 2009Dolphins and sharks both give live birth, sharks are different because they hatch from eggs and then exit the mother, but live birth nonetheless.
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Dec 16, 2009Ummm.. I believe the egg counts for the theme, and please check your resources on sharks and dolphins. but other than that.
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Dec 16, 2009Except thats not a fish, it’s a shark and a dolphin, and those are a certain type of penguin. Loser.
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Dec 16, 2009Haha these are actually all real. Apparently some one has never heard of 3D and 4D ultrasound.
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Dec 16, 2009Haha idiot Sharks are fish!
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Dec 16, 2009dolphins are mammals.
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Dec 16, 2009Of course these images are computer generated. If we had the technology to see through things like wombs and other material with this level of detail the applications would be innumerable. Of course you and I would never know it existed because I’m sure that good ol’ uncle Sam would sanction the technology and make sure that no one knew it existed because this could be a danger to ourselves and its much better if only the government has the capabilities to look through your walls at home and watch you take a S*%t to make sure that you haven’t been to gluttonous lately and fine you if you have.
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Dec 16, 2009The penguin’s in an egg, mate. Dolphins and sharks are as stated before. Let’s be nice, folks; no need to resort to name calling.
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Dec 16, 2009Is this real? Do dolphins really have umbilical cords??
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Dec 16, 2009that’s the least real thing i’ve seen in a while. and i use the internet.
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Dec 17, 2009I've just finished my degree in Animal Science, and this is definitely real – I've seen the actual show, it's not that recent, we watched it in Animal Breeding class last fall. These aren't 'shopped unless they faked the whole video, because on the actual program you see the video footage of the fetal animals moving and shifting in the womb. It also covers the various stages of their development – you see the elephant get larger, the trunk elongate, and the hair develop, you see the golden retriever puppy's fur and claws appear, you see everything. It's a really cool show.
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Dec 17, 2009If we can’t get clear pictures like that on a human pregnancy how are we expected to believe the perfect pictures above are real!
As someone else mentioned, to get a pic as clear and perfect as that it would be like looking through walls!
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Dec 17, 2009Um you can see human pregnancies like this, it’s just incredibly expensive and the technology is rare, but my friend had it done, amazing.
These are real haven’t you ever seen the pictures of babies in the womb, on discovery channel, etc, exactly like this.
Btw, Dolphins are mammals, Sharks are fish and the penguin is quite clearly in an egg but penguins incubate their eggs in pouches above their feet, very like a womb. It’s stretching it but I think it’s a valid inclusion.
Anyway, just enjoy these beautiful pictures already and stop bickering!
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Dec 17, 2009This is 100% real.The camera is not "looking through walls" like many of the comments are saying. These photos are taken with a scope that is actually inside the uterus.
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Dec 17, 2009none of them real… they say in the text they use 'computer graphics'…
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Dec 17, 2009There is no machine that can take pictures of the womb out like this out there right now. It is probably more likely that all of these animals are dead. Pictures were taken after the mother’s died for research.
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Dec 17, 2009They DO have this technology for human embryos. But it is crazy expensive and unnecessary for diagnosis or treatment. So unless you're Brangelina you probably aren't going to get one.
Here are some more pics from the documentary
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1077492/It-aint-half-snuggly-Mum-The-ground-breaking-pictures-animals-capturing-life-womb.html
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Dec 17, 2009Actually, on further review, it seems that some of the images were made through computers and models. They were based upon the detailed information they got from the scans and cameras, but they are not directly the images from them.
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Dec 17, 2009pretty cool
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Dec 18, 2009Im pretty sure Liz and Dan just came to an intelligent conclusion. These pictures were taken, redone, and modified to be more artistic. This type of thing is entirely possible without killing the mom or fetus first. So congrats to Liz and Dan for being educated on the subject and helping to stop immature arguments and name calling.
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Dec 18, 2009the womb size must have been vastly enlarged to make these look good. Dags and cats ( i don't know about elephants)grow in an embrionic sac that is tightly fitted to their bodies, they aren't floating around like that star baby from 2001 A Space Oddessy. lol. still good recreations.
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Dec 18, 2009Clearly Photoshopped
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Dec 18, 2009Yeah, im glad im pro life. human babies are beautiful too. especially in the womb
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Dec 18, 2009nice picture
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Dec 18, 2009errrm. probably has been said before, but dolphins are NOT fish
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Dec 18, 2009really rare and wonderful pics.
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Dec 18, 2009What, no inflammatory abortion comment yet?
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Dec 18, 2009they used models and cgi for this documentary. The did a making of program on it. Get your facts right lol
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Dec 18, 2009does anyone else find it odd that dogs are born without hair and yet in the womb they have hair? =))
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Dec 18, 2009Dogs /are/ born with hair, Nate.
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Dec 19, 2009Incredible….
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Dec 19, 20094D time-lapse confocal imaging will be one of the spectacular gifts for an artist inext decade.
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Dec 19, 2009Funny, how whether or not cgi is used anyone can tell what picture is an elephant and what picture is a dog. Even though the Thing in the womb is not FULLY developed(such as the dolphin) we still can tell what species is what species. Just goes to show you that a dolphin in the womb is a dolphin, an elephant in the womb is an elephant, A BABY IN THE WOMB IS A BABY!!!
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Dec 19, 2009Fake, and I only say this because I have never known of any dog or cat to have a single pup in the womb. However, fake or not, the images are awesome and provide an extraordinary insight.
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Dec 19, 2009Amazing!!
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Dec 19, 2009good lord, internet-people 9_9 I love how people who so obviously have no idea about the animals they’re talking about try to call out National Geographic about it.
If you take note, the description said computer graphics were used. You could not get this clear of resolution with ANY form of simple imaging. There are many fluids within the uterus during pregnancy and you would not be able to rupture the fetal sacs without aborting the fetus (which I’m not saying they didn’t do, but I would hope they did not).
They used a combination of techniques. They said this in the description. It is plain to see they used imaging technology and then enhanced the images with computer graphics.
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Dec 19, 2009Funny how we all think these are cute, yet most Americans (North Americans) think it’s okay to abort an equally, cute human being. Think about it.
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Dec 19, 2009So, since everyone else seems to have an opinion, here’s mine; These pictures were taken and enhanced for your enjoyment. Not to be criticized. If people would just realize that someone spent an enormous amount of time and effort to create these images for your viewing pleasure, there wouldn’t be so much pointless arguing. Enjoy the pictures, people. That’s what they’re here for.
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Dec 19, 2009Oh; And puppies are, in fact, born with hair. Haven’t you ever witnessed the miracle of a bitch giving birth? You should. You might learn something.
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Dec 19, 2009Not all Americans believe in abortion so stop generalizing. And It looks to me like these pictures may have been made with radar. They send the waves in and then receive them back (like an ultrasound) in order to get the shape and then they just make up their own color for each different wavelength received back. Its called a false color image. But who knows for sure?
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Dec 20, 2009I hope they didn't harm any of these animals or fetuses to get these pictures.
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Dec 20, 2009They are pretty amazing, so hard to believe their real
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Dec 20, 2009so sweet!!!
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Dec 20, 2009beautiful!
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Dec 20, 2009Simply amazing
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Dec 20, 2009Everyone claiming that these are real live photos must be retarded, anyone claiming that these pictures are not real haven’t got the full picture either. It’s obvious that the team that put these pictures together did so based on very real data (from techniques like ultrasound and microcameras) and then used computer graphics to create these images BUT the images created are meant to represent what it is really like in the womb, not just guessing. So in a way they are real and at the same time their fakes, they kind of did take a photograph, but indirectly. However the technology to see through walls does exist, it’s just not been made widely available and again it just gives you data to extrapolate whats on the other side… not some magic glasses that actually let you look through. The technology is based exactly in the same way that ultrasound is based, but instead of high freq. sound other bands of the EM spectrum are used… so for instance, what do you think night vision goggles are? they are just infrared radiation detectors so you can see in the dark…. what type of EM radiation goes through walls? well… acually, about half of the spectrum so that gives you a hell of a lot of EM data to make a picture out of… those who don’t believ eme, i dont care, get an education and then believe yourselves, those who do… good.
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Dec 20, 2009WOW! quite breathtaking…
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Dec 20, 2009It's OK to abort "cute" humans because there are so dang many of them. One more or less won't make a difference. As for eggs not being wombs, eggs are indeed a type of womb.
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Dec 21, 2009the comments were more interesting than the pictures.
the level of retardation on the internet is truly awe-inspiring :-L
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Dec 21, 2009oh wow. a post designed to stir the emotions of right-wing anti-abortion nut jobs.
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Dec 21, 2009these are all pictures from national geographic series in the womb. they ARE NOT REAL. there is a disclaimer at the start of each episode stating that they are part models and cgi. no one watches informative tv anymore i guess.
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Dec 21, 2009If it was real they’re all aborted, otherwise the thin membrane around the fetus wd be punctuated, causing severe damage to the life form. Let’s hope they R fake ’cause of that.
‘Wish no harm to anything peaceful’
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Dec 21, 2009wow
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Dec 21, 2009Why do people care if they're fake or not. They're still fascinating and beautifully composed.
The article never stated, 'THIS IS ENTIRELY REAL!' it stated that many 'techniques' were used.
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Dec 22, 2009to imagine the amount of passion some people have towards animals in the womb – some even legally protected from harm, then sadly our own species are allowed to be murdered on a whim…
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Dec 22, 2009fabulous!!!
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Dec 22, 2009Great pictures… thank you, for this blog post !
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Dec 22, 2009These photos are absolutely amazing. Thanks for sharing.
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Dec 23, 2009this IS stunning
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Dec 23, 2009There are photos like this of humans in the womb. I forget the type of photography it’s called, but Google it. (And no, it’s not 3D ultrasound–those don’t look very real, and they’re not actual cameras with lenses, as these are). Just because it’s incredible doesn’t mean it’s fake. And to the jackass who dissed America: if you hate it so much, get the hell out instead of wishing to change it by voting in Socialists with Communists czars hellbent on systematically destroying the economy.
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Dec 23, 2009Gorgey!
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Dec 23, 2009beautyful thank you .gilles g.
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Dec 24, 2009some of these comments are really unintelligent…
most sharks are ovoviviparous, but there are species that lay eggs.
dolphins are mammals, and don’t lay eggs.
puppies are born with fur, unless they are hairless.
we have the technology to see inside the womb, its called an ultrasound.
we also have 3D and 4D ultrasounds.
although they don’t look as good as these images,
but i’m sure these images were manipulated, but so what, many brilliant photographers edit their pictures, it doesn’t make them any less brilliant.
and to the anti-abortion comment,
that was completely uneccessary. idiot.
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Dec 24, 2009very nice work who CARES about all the other drivel! LOL
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Dec 24, 2009OMG READ THE TEXT YOU IDIOTS!
These are real photos edited with computer graphics.
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Dec 24, 2009Wow!!These pictures are really pure and beautiful.
I like them!
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Dec 25, 2009Actually even if you read the text it’s wrong. Yes, they are from National Geographic, but they are all COMPUTER GENERATED! If you draw a picture on photoshop, it is computer generated. Therefore these are, for internet argument sake, SHOPPED
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Dec 25, 2009“Of course these images are computer generated. If we had the technology to see through things like wombs and other material with this level of detail the applications would be innumerable…”
Really? I mean, really people? Do your research before posting. Perhaps try reading a book or two.
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Dec 26, 2009pretty neat photos..cant figure the last one though! is that a shark?
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Dec 26, 2009lovely!!!![:)] simply amazing!!![:)]
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Dec 26, 2009they’re just pictures of just born animals with a background shopped in.
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Dec 26, 2009Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!!!!!!
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Dec 26, 2009it is an amazeing site
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Dec 28, 2009we all had tails in the woumb u kno
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Dec 28, 2009I need to know where gluttonous is because anon said he’s going there and I want to go as well
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Dec 29, 2009Beautiful images. Thanks for sharing it.
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Dec 29, 2009"There's the small issue that fish and birds don't ever exist in a womb… but other than that."
thats wrong about fish, some cartilaginous fish such as hammerhead sharks do give birth to live young, meaning that the embryo does develop inside a "womb"
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Dec 29, 2009we all start out as cell (egg)and to my understanding that has been the way from the beginning and we do have the technology to take these type of photos
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Dec 31, 2009Very intriguing, and somehow it's easier for me to see these than a human fetus.
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Jan 2, 2010Wow, I wasn’t expecting such a funny and controversial discussion under these amazing photos. When I first looked at these last night, it didn’t really enter my mind to wonder as to whether they were photoshopped or not. I’d say regardless of how these images were created, there’s a truth in them. They’re beautiful, as beautiful as any image taken of the stars or galaxies or nature. It’s another perspective on the world that helps us to better understand ourselves by deepening our complexity of what we see. I would hope these photos foster awe and compassion for all life, multiple jewel sentences. Breathtaking…
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Jan 2, 2010Amazing images! Thank you for sharing these
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Jan 4, 2010These are simply stunning. I find it interesting how detailed they are, and quite educational!
Also, to be immature: heheh penguin butt!
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Jan 4, 2010Wow !! Unbelievable !! Way Too Cool !!
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Jan 5, 2010These aren’t animals, they’re “masses of cells.”
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Jan 6, 2010Who cares if this is completely legit or not? Regardless of if they're actual photographs, this IS what these animals look like in the womb/egg. And it's beautiful. Made me cry, actually. ;;)
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Jan 6, 2010LOVE IT <3 :X. LOVE animals sooooooooo much, there like my life
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Jan 6, 2010That people think these, or human babies, are ‘cute’, isn’t a good enough reason to keep the babies. Mind you, many fetuses haven’t proceeded to this stage before most people abort. If everyone who got pregnant kept their baby, I think pro-lifers wouldn’t be so confident in their assertions, which are just opinions. Often, the people who decide to abort are ill-equipped to carry, deliver, and/or care for the baby, economically, emotionally, mentally, or time-wise. Or they’re too young or too old. They could give it away, but sometimes it may be out of the question to birth the child; they may be living in a social situation where they and heir baby could be harmed as a result. Of course, forethought could prevent the majority of these situations, but even with forethought and planning, things happen. See past your world, people. It is the only thing that can save us.
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Jan 6, 2010These are beautiful and haunting. It's a good thing, I like being haunted.
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Jan 6, 2010Wow!
This is totally amazing! How do they get these pictures?? That is really amazing!
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Jan 7, 2010Amazing!
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Jan 8, 2010Go to the website. It says they’re computer-generated pics. Even some cool pics of the models they used to re-create the embryonic process. Just goes to show how gullible or hopeful some people are without doing research. fyi, new ultrasound and digital camera techniques can be used to get photos close to this quality, but the embryo is more compacted and appears squished inside the uterus, and pups have other pups of the litter surrounding them. if there was that much fluid to let an elephant trunk float freely in the embryonic sac, the mommy elephant couldn’t walk from the huge back of fluid dragging on the ground.
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Jan 8, 2010Oops. I take back my earlier comment. I'm a fool.
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Jan 8, 2010Ridiculous. You idiots need to get lives. This was done to gain an understanding….not to commence some idiotic argument about what is real and what isn’t. Morons.
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Jan 10, 2010“The show’s producer, Peter Chinn, used a combination of three-dimensional ultrasound scans, “COMPUTER GRAPHICS,” and tiny cameras to capture the process from conception to birth.”
I hope the quotes and caps cleared it up for some of you idiots.
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Jan 10, 2010Baby Sharks <3<3<3
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Jan 11, 2010wishes people would get a life and stop being so politically correct. it doesn’t matter whether or not they’re shopped (as a few people have mentioned earlier) people who make rude remarks ARE shopped, so go back and have a think about what you have just said, and THEN return with a comment that isn’t judgemental.
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Jan 14, 2010These have been photo shipped. Fake…
Elephants don't have a nose until 3 days before delivery.
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Jan 14, 2010How on earth did they take those crazy photo's?
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Jan 15, 2010I work as a freelance sculptor/model maker and actually worked on this program. I hate to burst all of your bubbles but absolutely none of these is real. They are either CGI or models placed in fake wombs. We must’ve done a pretty good job though ’cause you lot totally fell for it!
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Jan 18, 2010These are photoshopped.
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Jan 19, 2010Who’s to say the elephant picture wasn’t taken three days before delivery ? and who cares if the photos were shopped ? i certainly don’t. they’re merely for people to enjoy. they’re cute, and interesting. stop ruining it for everyone. even if they were shopped, they portrayed the image of the baby in the womb spectacularly so cut the guy some slack. it’s a creative idea and i highly doubt anyone of you could “shop” a photo in this way.
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Jan 28, 2010Wow, the comments on this page are hilarious! Thanks for the laugh! My personal favorite is the one about elephants not having trunks until three days before birth!!! My day is off to an awesome start. Thanks again!
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Jan 28, 2010these are not real animals. they are made of silicone. i’ve seen a documentary about it on tv and the creator showed all the objects again, explaining how he used the light, camera etc. he said though that they were very close to reality.
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