2007-03-15 07:41:57 · 11 answers · asked by greeksons 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Scissors for humans, teeth for "animals"
2007-03-15 07:44:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
it depends on the animal. Most animals do cut it off with their teeth. Certain animals, such as cattle or sheep will eat the umbilical cord as well as all the other mess created during birth, in order to keep their offspring safe from predators who can smell the afterbirth and target the young animal for food, if you do not take the afterbirth away first.
2007-03-15 07:48:04 · answer #2 · answered by Chael G 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Either it dries up and falls off naturally, or the mother chews it off at some point.
2007-03-15 07:45:09 · answer #3 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The mother will chew it until seperation occurs.
2007-03-15 07:49:04 · answer #4 · answered by Sane 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They Gnaw Threw It (and then eat it, it's full of nutrients the mother needs to put back into her body)
2007-03-15 07:46:22 · answer #5 · answered by bungie 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The mother bites it off.
2007-03-15 07:44:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The bite through it. It's instinctive.
2007-03-15 08:22:26 · answer #7 · answered by kj 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It usually comes out with the baby.
2007-03-15 07:49:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
most eat the placenta, so it gets eaten too. I've seen it many times. Dogs, cats, horses, cows, deer, etc.
2007-03-15 07:45:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They chew it off, and eat the sack and what nots....HEY just like TOM CRUISE!
2007-03-15 07:44:53 · answer #10 · answered by MandyBaby 1 · 3⤊ 1⤋