Final class
I have my special corner of the library all to myself tonight, for some reason. Muahahaha! I guess everyone went home immediately after the final class today to study. We didn't cover a lot of substantive stuff today in class (it was mostly review of essay techniques), so not much need to come to the library afterward to condense notes, and no need to prepare for class tomorrow, obviously. I prefer being at home myself, but the library is more conducive to good work, so I try to come to the library to study if possible. Today, with none of the bar review kids here, I have my preferred seat at my preferred table, with no hassle at all. Loving it. Total undisturbed studying till 11 p.m.
Here's a question that arose this morning while Chris and I were getting ready for the day. Do dogs have belly buttons?
[Yes, this is actually the kind of stuff that occurs to us, which is probably why we are married to each other. Technically Chris came up with this one, but I came home last night with an inquiry about medieval English sex crimes (the technical and legal definition of buggery, which is mentioned in the Virginia divorce code, yet not defined), so, you know...kind of even. I'm always running off to Google things like "canine pregnancy dog belly button."]
Anyway, the answer is that dogs do have navels, just like we do, but they are much less apparent. Puppies gestate in individual sacs inside the mother, each fed by a umbilical cord. When they are born, the mother tears the sac off the puppy and bites off its umbilical cord. It heals into a small scar that is then covered with fur, so it is hard to see on an adult dog. For one thing, it's much smaller than a human navel, and also, no one is tying the cord into a knot, so they are left with a fairly smooth scar intead of a big bump or indentation. See article at http://www.scienceiq.com/ShowFact.cfm?ID=218.
All of this, just from the fact that I was scratching the dog's belly this morning. :D Interestingly, our dog does have an unexplained bald spot on his belly where fur doesn't grow. It isn't a skin infection, and it doesn't look like a scar. It's just a spot where he doesn't grow fur, as if he lay so long on that spot that he stunted the fur growth. He's always had it, and it never gets any bigger, nor does it bother him. It's too big to be his navel, though, if the article I found is accurate. It's just a weird little Jaz quirk.
We now return to regularly scheduled studying. I did find out some interesting things about buggery, which I will post in the near future.
Here's a question that arose this morning while Chris and I were getting ready for the day. Do dogs have belly buttons?
[Yes, this is actually the kind of stuff that occurs to us, which is probably why we are married to each other. Technically Chris came up with this one, but I came home last night with an inquiry about medieval English sex crimes (the technical and legal definition of buggery, which is mentioned in the Virginia divorce code, yet not defined), so, you know...kind of even. I'm always running off to Google things like "canine pregnancy dog belly button."]
Anyway, the answer is that dogs do have navels, just like we do, but they are much less apparent. Puppies gestate in individual sacs inside the mother, each fed by a umbilical cord. When they are born, the mother tears the sac off the puppy and bites off its umbilical cord. It heals into a small scar that is then covered with fur, so it is hard to see on an adult dog. For one thing, it's much smaller than a human navel, and also, no one is tying the cord into a knot, so they are left with a fairly smooth scar intead of a big bump or indentation. See article at http://www.scienceiq.com/ShowFact.cfm?ID=218.
All of this, just from the fact that I was scratching the dog's belly this morning. :D Interestingly, our dog does have an unexplained bald spot on his belly where fur doesn't grow. It isn't a skin infection, and it doesn't look like a scar. It's just a spot where he doesn't grow fur, as if he lay so long on that spot that he stunted the fur growth. He's always had it, and it never gets any bigger, nor does it bother him. It's too big to be his navel, though, if the article I found is accurate. It's just a weird little Jaz quirk.
We now return to regularly scheduled studying. I did find out some interesting things about buggery, which I will post in the near future.