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Adult female elephants have two breasts, or mammary glands, located between their front legs. When a female becomes pregnant or is nursing her young, her mammary glands become more prominent. (reddthat.com)
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[-] Thorry84@feddit.nl 51 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

In mammals that live in the water the nippels are normally protected with a skin flap. The infant needs to push this flap aside in order to drink the milk from its mother. The flap closes to be water tight, to protect the nipples.

For species that live in both the water and on land, it can be different. Sealions for example have retractable nipples. Just something to think about I guess.

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 17 points 5 months ago

That's super cool

[-] anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 5 months ago

I believe I also have retractable nipples

[-] pdxfed@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Can you milk me, Greg?

[-] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

retractable nipples

I'll take "Things I never thought I'd read" for $500 please Alex.

[-] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 1 points 5 months ago

Now i wanna see whale calf drinking milk.

[-] naught@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

I watched a documentary that said the milk is as thick as yogurt! Both gross and so cool

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

I wanna try milking an elephant

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