Animals in the womb
“Using an array of technology, the images reveal what until now has been a secret - exactly how animals develop in the womb. Each one amazing and now, thanks to these remarkable pictures, they can be seen for the first time.
Researchers used scans to track elephant calves developing for almost two years in the womb - the longest gestation period of all mammals. It shows at 16 weeks the elephant foetus starting to look more like an elephant as the trunk develops.
Animals closer to home were also studied. A golden retriever foetus is shown exhibiting some of the same behaviour as family pets, panting with its tongue out, while still in the womb.
Programme makers also reveal the moment at eight weeks when a baby dolphin learns to swim while in the womb. During the next few weeks, it develops flippers, a tail and a blowhole before being born after a year, and must be able to quickly swim to the surface to take its first breath of air.”
Incredible! Absolutely amazing! Check it out!
I watched a preview of this “Animals in the Womb” program on TV. The picture you showed is extracted from this program on the National Geographic channel:
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/inthewombanimals/index.html
Other pictures can be found here (perhaps for a limited time):
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Technology/popup?id=2673970
I saw the previews but missed the presentation of In the Womb Animals. I would like to see the complete film and hope you decide to run it again. It looked magnificant.