Why This Viral Video of a Newborn Baby ‘Walking’ Is Totally Normal

May 31, 2017, 11:26 AM

More than 87 million people have tuned in to watch a Facebook video that some say depicts a miracle: a baby appearing to walk with the support of a nurse, just minutes after birth. The Daily Mail reports that the woman in the video—which was uploaded Thursday—explains in Portuguese that she was trying to wash the newborn, but that the baby girl kept “getting up to walk.