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A baby deer is standing within minutes of being born and walking later that day. I don’t think humans are in any position to insult a baby deer’s ability to walk. A human takes about a year and is also terrible at it when starting out.


Shouldn't humans have far longer gestation periods (due to it being born 'early' as it otherwise would not fit though the birth canal) and maybe that's the issue at fault?


It seems there are two different classifications for species when it comes to how mobile they are near birth and how much care the newborns need.

Deer are precocial, while humans are altricial.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precociality_and_altricialit...




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