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Mammals (mander.xyz)

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[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 years ago

Wait... So can you milk a dolphin?

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

No, but they do produce milk.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 10 points 2 years ago

Wasn't there some marine scientist that got in trouble for milking dolphins?

[-] Johanno@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago

Maybe he went for the males

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

maybe that was a euphemism

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah, NASA paid to fund research to communicate with dolphins, and it led to jerking off one of the adolescents so he'd be able to concentrate on the lessons better. Also there was LSD in there for a bit. When the project lost funding the dolphin was moved to an inadequate facility so he got depressed and offed himself.

The 60s was a hell of a time for sciencing stuff.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Howe_Lovatt

[-] bitfucker@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

I wanna know why but I'm too afraid of the answer

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Inverted nipples, not suitable for milking.

[-] bitfucker@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

...and the nipple never comes out like how a human nipple can get erect? Forgive my lack of biology, I am an engineering major.

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Correct. The mother squirts the milk into their calf's mouth, it isn't sucked out.

[-] bitfucker@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the knowledge! Glad it isn't some nature metal shit happening there lol. However, I do remember that whale milk is squirted out too (and my god I remember reading that the consistency is... unique). Is the whale nipple inverted too?