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They sure do! Just like
you cats, dogs, horses, and giraffes are all placental mammals.
Placental mammals develop inside their mother. Nutrients, oxygen,
and wastes are exchanged between the developing embryo and the mother
through a placenta. An umbilical cord connects the embryo to the
placenta. The navel or belly button is where the umbilical cord
was attatched to the young placental mammal. So even though you
may not notice it unless you look very carefully, dogs and cats
do, indeed, have belly buttons.
Did you know the time it takes placental
mammals to develop inside their mother varies? It takes about 20
days for a hamster to develop and about 20 months for an elephant
to develop!
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