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On March 5, 2000, Inés Ramírez Pérez faced every pregnant woman's worst nightmare: 12 hours of agonizing labor with no medical help, no transportation, and the haunting memory of losing her previous baby to obstructed delivery. Living in a one-room cabin with no electricity, running water, or sanitation in the mountains of Oaxaca, the 40-year-old mother of six was completely alone when her husband went out.

With the nearest clinic over 50 miles away on treacherous mountain roads, Pérez decided to defy all medical logic. After consuming three glasses of hard liquor as anesthesia, she grabbed a 6-inch butchering knife and began cutting through her own abdomen. Drawing on her experience slaughtering animals, she made three vertical incisions totaling 17 centimeters—much larger than a typical C-section—and reached inside her own uterus to pull out her baby boy.

The surgery took over an hour under a single dim bulb, during which she somehow avoided damaging vital organs by instinctively choosing a squatting position that positioned her uterus against the abdominal wall. After cutting the umbilical cord with scissors, she wrapped her newborn son Orlando in clothes, sent her 6-year-old son for help, and lost consciousness.

When village health aide León Cruz arrived hours later, he found both mother and child alive—Pérez was alert and caring for her baby. Using an ordinary needle and cotton thread, he sewed up her massive wound before an 8-hour journey to the nearest hospital, where stunned doctors found no signs of infection, minimal bleeding, and perfect uterine recovery. Published in the International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, her case represents the only documented successful self-inflicted C-section where both mother and child survived.

#woman #bravery #family

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C 4mo ago

We 😅 return to our predictable content, presenting a mother bear nourishing he two woolly anarchists. ❤️

#nature #wildlife

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https://blossom.primal.net/92b0598d9513c8ac6fcb66b7d517a8981bc323fac0fce06cb3bc83bee2e30712.mp4

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C 4mo ago

The harpy eagle!

No wonder why it has been the inspiration for indigenous traditions.

| 🎥 Cura Mae Terra https://video.nostr.build/df5ad1dde1d5bbfbae55d5257fa7c9ea1761e5b45d8a8cf49e6b5d1a98d8d09a.mp4

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C 4mo ago

Good night friends 🌌

Let's be the peace we want in this world.

| 📸 Aarzoo Khurana https://video.nostr.build/cca4f45354ce2a9f5cda5e9f233b99a5cff33f67cf1f20deaa51bec039fde8dc.mp4

Replying to

Ryan

For videos make sure to compress them and you'll get a lot more time. Two good options on Android.

FF share - open source, more options, lower compression generally.

https://github.com/caydey/ffshare

Proton video compressor - closed source, not s lot of options, maximum compression. I've seen 100mb videos to down to 1-2mb with this one.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.arthur.hritik.proton.video.compressor

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C 4mo ago

Thanks! I didn't know those apps!

Replying to C

Trail cameras in southern Arizona captured five new images of a male jaguar, identified as one that has roamed the region for several years.

This sighting is really "good news", as jaguars are rare in the U.S., with only a few individuals known to inhabit the region.

The images highlight the importance of continued habitat protection amid threats like border wall construction and mining projects.

#wildlife #nature

https://blossom.primal.net/1d33e5f2b5fe5968be56d51596b3fa1ad40f4bdcda4e37cba0859486442733ef.mp4

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C 4mo ago

https://azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2025/08/08/male-jaguar-shows-up-on-trail-cameras-in-southern-arizona/85568219007/

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C 4mo ago

Trail cameras in southern Arizona captured five new images of a male jaguar, identified as one that has roamed the region for several years.

This sighting is really "good news", as jaguars are rare in the U.S., with only a few individuals known to inhabit the region.

The images highlight the importance of continued habitat protection amid threats like border wall construction and mining projects.

#wildlife #nature

https://blossom.primal.net/1d33e5f2b5fe5968be56d51596b3fa1ad40f4bdcda4e37cba0859486442733ef.mp4

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Vincent Vasco

Good morning 😁☀️

#GM #corsica #hiking #dogstr

https://blossom.primal.net/92462a91c242bd05bab3d3b91f48be280041b0ed7eab7c8d376d1e7dd3dee78f.mp4

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C 4mo ago

Wow good morning 🌞

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C 4mo ago

The Bear to the Salmon: "It's not the destination, it's the journey". 😶

#wildlife #nature #animals

https://blossom.primal.net/2f7adc45e51f1538461d2be00e61fa54722ce1d61e9592d4b31ea697e5b43b29.mp4

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Tess

Found a ghost pipe in the wild! It’s a rare all white wildflower doesn’t photosynthesize, it steals food from fungi connected to trees.

Spotted in the Adirondacks. Nerd knowledge from reading Entangled Life 🍄‍🟫

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C 4mo ago

Wow that super interesting!

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C 4mo ago

Where is my money?? 😭😅

#wildlife #nature #animals

https://blossom.primal.net/194741a8c3a8e805fbb95d0cc12f9c86f84c3b64de947a3aeefb3f459faa1707.mp4

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C 4mo ago

The survival strategy of those Antelopes has a rock solid foundation.

#wildlife #nature #animals

https://blossom.primal.net/6de2d8b9f3d7e148e7ff081d889d0f5c7b6b04bb085615d225ad22f96d526aa3.mp4

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C 4mo ago

A baby rhinoceros tries to protect its mother from veterinarians without knowing they were helping her 🦏❤️

#wildlife #wildlifeconservation

https://blossom.primal.net/cd7ccd2cee535573b9b9ce7d365a4c0cfc188b4512f6d10275008595b136ace7.mp4

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C 4mo ago

Kingfisher🐦

#nature #birds

https://blossom.primal.net/b9341273e27b7af44a4d9b1e240a16d8cdf8ab6cc12040140c09ec83914f6250.mp4

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C 4mo ago

American woodcock searching for worms while her babies practice the move.

https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1983-20394-001

#nature #birds

https://blossom.primal.net/a3d2fbcdfba5d38bc8a2c0380062fc27abcd43ace85ceb23b96143a2e5713990.mp4