Let’s face it: scientifically explaining the menstrual cycle is quite complicated. complicated a subject. This cycle, which seems quite simple to explain from the outside, in the mammal group In fact, it occurs in many animals.
Especially in dogs just like with people This thought cycle does not reflect reality. So what exactly is the truth about this and which mammals have a menstrual cycle?
The animals we are most familiar with in the mammal group are cats and dogs. We have seen dogs bleed for a while at certain times, but this does not mean they are on their period.

Although we think that the menstrual cycle in dogs is similar to that of humans, the real cause of bleeding in dogs is when they go into heat. rupture of capillaries in the vaginal walls. So there is no such thing as menstruation.
Yes, both cats and dogs menstruate. However, this process doesn’t work exactly like us; she menstrual cycle, which works more ‘in secret’. Because this process does not occur from the outside, as in humans, It works from within. Dogs die every six months, cats are just like us. monthly part sees.
This is where the distinction begins. The reason why many of us think other mammals don’t menstruate is because they don’t bleed externally like we do. Of course here chimpanzees We have to keep them separated because they are just like us. Open They are menstruating. Also in the mammal group; orangutans, gorillas and baboons too menstruates openly.

Furthermore, according to observations made in baboons in Amboseli National Park in Kenya in 1985; their normal time in the treetops before menstruation 2 times more they spent time and 15% more They were fed. It sounds familiar.
It may come as a surprise to some of you, but bats are among the animals that have open periods.

in the journal Biology of Reproduction According to an article published in 2020, menstrual bleeding is observed at least three bat species there is. The black-tailed bat molossus ater and the wild fulvous fruit bat rousettus leschenaultii are the ones that show the most human-like features.
Previously we made an article about why humans do not enter a mating period like other creatures:
It wouldn’t be a lie to say that we weren’t surprised that bats also have open periods.
Sources: IFLSCIENCE, University of Edinburgh Science Media
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