• Question: when we are born why is are reaction so low we cant open are eyes when we first come out but we can move

    Asked by thequestionmaker to Werner, Vicky, Nick, Madgie, Carla on 11 Nov 2013.
    • Photo: Marlene Lorgen

      Marlene Lorgen answered on 11 Nov 2013:

      Babies can in fact open their eyes when new born, however, they are very sensitive to light, so will often close them if lights are too bright. Human babies are very reliant upon parents and can’t look after themselves at all, however, babies of other species are born at a much more advanced state, for example, the babies of marine mammals such as whales and dolphins, which can swim as soon as they are born!

    • Photo: Werner Muller

      Werner Muller answered on 11 Nov 2013:

      it depends on species. In human there is a different order of events compared to other species. I do not think that it is due to a reaction is slow or fast. It is all about what do we need first. We do not have to see directly after birth.

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