From: msnbc
Breast-feeding makes new mothers mama bears
September 7, 2011
msnbc:
Everyone knows not to get between a bear and her cubs, but if mama bears used bottles maybe they’d be a little more mellow.
A study published in the September issue of Psychological Science found that nursing mothers are roughly twice as aggressive as bottle-feeding moms and women without children when confronted by a threat.
“Maternal defense does not involve nursing mothers going out and looking for bar fights, but when they have a helpless baby, they’re more likely to defend themselves when the fight comes to them,” said Jennifer Hahn-Holbrook, a postdoctoral fellow at UCLA’s Department of Health Psychology.
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