Why don animals feet swell during pregnancy?
The more central factor here might be explained more satisfactorily by explain why the feet of women DO often swell during pregnancy, rather than approaching it from the animal’s viewpoint. Firstly, in general [maybe not every case] – the Bulk of cases, the proportionate size of a human baby against its mother’s size is much greater than in animals. So there is more weight and pressure and drainage involved for a start. Proportionately, the baby is bigger. Secondly, can you remember your experiments in water pressure levels from your early or mid high school years?? The higher the column of liquid, the greater the pressure at the bottom. Do you recall this? Humans are upright, bipedal creatures. BOTH of these factors work against them in terms of possible foot swelling. Their uprightness creates a high column of liquid, which exerts a much greater liquid pressure level upon the poor woman’s feet than in any animal! Also, having only 2 legs means that that amount of pressure is accounte
