Talk:Mr. and Mrs. Cake/@comment-12194-20140117091236/@comment-10390252-20140117102125

Earth equnoids have gestation periods of about 48 weeks (11 months). Sapient equinoids like earth ponies might possibly have a shorter gestation because the foals are less developed (not able to walk within a few hours of birth), so a gestation of 40 weeks, similar to humans, is not unthinkable.