When a baby's head is stuck in the birth canal for an extended period of time, it cuts off the blood supply to the woman's surrounding organs.
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"This would cause a global catastrophe wherever it hit the Earth, via a climate change, and this would lead to a rapid cut-off of the food supply and ultimately within a few months to a loss of probably a quarter of the world's population, " he told BBC radio.