Victoria’s Secret angel Karolina Kurkova surprised onlookers with her almost invisible bellybutton at last week’s show in Miami, but there is an explanation. “She had an operation when she was an infant,” her rep told the Daily News. “It’s a fact and just thank God she’s healthy.”
Also to know is, do humans always have navels?
The newborn’s stump of an umbilical cord, left from where the cord was cut or chewed off, falls off on its own within a week of the baby’s birth. So humans have had belly buttons that look much like the ones we have today, for millions of years.
Keeping this in view, why do some people have their belly button out?
Most people end up with innies, but some people have outies. Outies usually occur when more of the umbilical cord is left when it’s cut, leading to more skin left over once it dries out. In some rare cases, outies are caused by a condition known as an umbilical hernia.
Can a person live without a belly button?
Babies who have an omphalocele, on the other hand, truly are born without a belly button. … Early in pregnancy, the umbilical cord is attached to the baby internally, not externally. Around the 11th week, the abdominal wall should seal off the intestines, leaving just a small hole for the umbilical cord.
Would a clone have a belly button?
It’s a fact of life—no matter how placental a mammal is, clones don’t have belly buttons. … While animals born from eggs such as birds, reptiles and fish lack a true navel due to not having a mammalian umbilical cord, they do sometimes have small markings or scars from where they were attached to their egg yolks.
