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Life Sciences => Plant Sciences, Zoology & Evolution => Topic started by: @mskamran on 05/12/2010 12:30:03

Title: Do female chimps have menstrual cycles?
Post by: @mskamran on 05/12/2010 12:30:03

@mskamran asked the Naked Scientists:
   
Do female chimps have menstrual cycles?

What do you think?

Title: Do female chimps have menstrual cycles?
Post by: CliffordK on 08/12/2010 06:59:12

All mammals will have ovulation cycles.  I assume that would include menstruation if the egg isn't fertilized.

Except, perhaps the Duck billed Platypus.

Title: Do female chimps have menstrual cycles?
Post by: Airthumbs on 05/01/2011 03:11:26

In the wild female Chimpanzees have been shown to use the medicinal properties of a certain plant that relieves period pain.
(BBC, Planet Earth-The Future)