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Moment Of Um

Why do we need belly buttons?

Moment Of Um

Lemonada Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.41.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

We all have a belly button. Right there, in the middle of our belly, there’s a nub. Some go in, some stick out, but what exactly are they for? We asked pediatrician Emma Gerstenzang to help us find the answer. Got a question that’s hard to stomach? Send it to us at BrainsOn.org/contact, and we’ll help digest the answer for you! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0

From the braids behind Brains-on, this is Moment of Um.

0:03.8

Moment of Um comes to you from APN Studios. I'm Bernie, the button burglar.

0:24.3

Um,

0:27.4

Hi, I'm a sneaky little burglar named Bernie.

0:32.2

And I'm about to make a score.

0:34.2

See that mattress over there?

0:36.4

The one with the big white buttons?

0:39.3

Watch this.

0:40.3

Yoink!

0:41.3

Ah ha!

0:42.3

Now it's mine.

0:44.3

You see, my passion is stealing buttons.

0:49.3

You may not know me, but I'm sure we've crossed paths.

0:52.3

Have you ever put your pants on and they fall down?

0:55.5

Because the button went missing? Or, you went to dress up in a fancy shirt for a wedding.

1:01.7

And suddenly you can't find one of those pearly white fasteners. That was me. I'm a glutton for buttons.

1:10.6

They're so useful. I use them to button everything in my house. My curtains,

1:16.2

closed with a button, my toilet, put down the lid, and button it. I even have an oven button,

1:22.1

so I don't accidentally open it when it's hot. But there's one button I just can't make sense of. The belly button.

1:30.6

It doesn't seem to button up anything. I have one and I still haven't found a use for it.

1:36.9

I know Advik wanted to know too. Why do we need belly buttons? A doctor should be able to help us out.

1:47.0

So we actually don't need belly buttons. A doctor should be able to help us out. So we actually don't need belly buttons now. My name is Emma Gershton-Seng, and I'm a pediatrician in Philadelphia. So whenever you

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