What is it with belly buttons? Many find it extremely attractive and on many women, it is also considered a beauty spot when one has a well-defined belly button. However, there are quite a few who keep their belly button dirty to the point of looking as if it is skin cancer. The belly button is so many things to humans, it could be a thing of intrigue, it could be a fetish but all said and done, it is one of the important parts of our body and our first birthmark through which we fed life. Here are 15 interesting facts about the belly button.
1Some people don’t have a belly button!
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Almost everyone has a belly button, but due to certain factors, there are some who may not have one. Take Karolina Kurkova for instance. Her belly button was a source of mystery on the net where it was widely regarded that she didn’t have one and that turned out true. As a child, she was afflicted with a condition called umbilical hernia where an infant’s intestines can poke through the intestinal wall.
Don’t be confused with the tabloids showing Kurkova with a belly button as that is a result of clever photoshopping.
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2Certain mammals also don’t have belly buttons
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According to biology, all mammals have a belly button but as weird as nature is, kangaroo’s and Platypuses don’t have one so do other marsupials like Koala bears. Marsupials don’t nourish the embryo from an umbilical cord but from a yolk sac in the womb.
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3Dolphins have them!
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Since Dolphins are mammals even though they live in the sea, they, of course, do have belly buttons.
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