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Do animals also menstruate?

August 10, 2018

Dogs in heat, rutting stags and cats in season: animals make it very clear when they’re most fertile. Sometimes this involves a bit of blood. With humans it’s exactly the opposite.

All mammals have a menstrual cycle. But most of them have a covert menstruation. This means the endometrial lining is so thin; it gets completely absorbed by the body if the egg isn’t fertilised. Humans, primates and some other mammals (bats, African elephant shrews and certain tree shrews) have such a thick endometrial lining that part of it is being shed through the vagina.

The bloody discharge you see in female dogs, and sometimes also in cows and species of the horse family, has to do with the ovulation: blood vessels in the vagina wall burst because of the blood pressure. This bleeding is no menstruation. Besides, animals can be quite moody when they’re fertile. Just ask any horse owner with a mare in the stable.

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Tags: animals, cows, dogs, endometrial lining, fertile period, horses, mare, ovulation, zebras

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5 Responses to “Do animals also menstruate?”

  1. Reply
    HorseLuvr
    October 24, 2018 at 6:18 pm

    cool!

  2. Reply
    Lawal maiyaki
    February 8, 2019 at 7:07 am

    I really appreciate with this website. Thanks for educating people

  3. Reply
    Pocketpeanuts
    May 31, 2019 at 12:10 am

    So they do or don’t lol. Pretty sure Guinea pigs n hammies have periods too.

  4. Reply
    Athanas Khalwale
    June 25, 2019 at 5:07 am

    Research well done. Thumbs up guys!

  5. Reply
    Oguz
    April 12, 2020 at 10:53 am

    Thanks a lot! Keep up the good work.

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