> RobertVA wrote:

>> Steven L. wrote:

>>> ToolPackinMama wrote:

>>>> Steven L. wrote:

>>>>> Remember the Talosians with their huge heads (supposedly to hold
>>>>> their huge brains)?
>>>>>
>>>>> Ever wonder what a Talosian woman would look like?
>>>>>
>>>>> To give birth to a Talosian baby with such a huge head, her pelvis
>>>>> would have to be twice as wide as that of a human woman.

>>>>
>>>> Not necessarily. Maybe the heads grow bigger after birth, for
>>>> example.

>>>
>>> That's rather unlikely, because the large brain is needed during
>>> early childhood to support the learning of skills like language and
>>> (for Talosians) telepathy and illusion early in life.
>>>
>>> That's why here on Earth, animals' heads do grow, but at a much
>>> slower rate than the rest of the body (which is why the baby's head
>>> is large relative to its body).
>>>
>>> A compromise is marsupials like kangaroos. There, the fetus is
>>> expelled from the mom while early in development, then it crawls
>>> into the mom's pouch and continues development in there, after
>>> which it's born. That way, the baby's head could continue to grow
>>> a lot while sticking out of the pouch.
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/36xn5v
>>>
>>> So maybe the Talosians are marsupials, with the mother carrying her
>>> baby in a pouch.

>>
>> Maybe the Talosian birth canal leads out the abdominal wall instead
>> of through the pelvis.

>
> If the vagina is there, then the vulva are also there.
>
> Yep, having the Talosian vulva where the human lower abdomen is
> (separate from the urethra for urination) is actually a more elegant
> arrangement than with humans. All the benefits of C-section without
> surgery. Excellent idea!