Animal Behaviour - Placentophagy: Cape Buffalo Eats Afterbirth/Placenta
It is well known that mammals eat the placenta of their young after birth, yet their are very few instances of it being shown on camera.
The placenta contains high levels of prostaglandin which stimulates involution (an inward curvature or penetration, or, a shrinking or return to a former size) of the uterus, in effect cleaning the uterus out. The placenta also contains small amounts of oxytocin which eases birth stress and causes the smooth muscles around the mammary cells to contract and eject milk. There is no scientific evidence, however, that eating placenta provides these hormonal effects.
There is also a school of thought that holds that placentophagy naturally occurred to hide any trace of childbirth from predators in the wild
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