# mothers and adrenaline

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mothers-and-adrenaline/107569>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 6, 2002, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mothers-and-adrenaline/107569 "2002-05-06T17:14:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![davidw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c4cdca/32.png) [@davidw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidw)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mothers-and-adrenaline/107569/1 "2002-05-06T17:14:52Z")

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I’ve heard since I was a child the story about how the fabled mother was able to lift a car off of her child because of the adrenaline pumping through her veins. But I’m wondering, has that ever really happened, or is it just an urban fable?