TIL that most non-human primate infants actively use their hands to help themselves out of the birth canal. Human infants do not, but their grip strength is much higher during the hours immediately after they are born. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Submitted by afeeney t3_ynwj0l on November 6, 2022 at 5:27 PM in todayilearned 160 comments 3,105
howescj82 t1_ivcpvzi wrote on November 7, 2022 at 12:13 AM This is fascinating but the mental image is horrifying. Permalink 27
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