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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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[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 26 points 11 months ago

Now I want to see whale breasts

[-] Thorry84@feddit.nl 53 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 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 18 points 11 months ago

That's super cool

[-] anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 11 months ago

I believe I also have retractable nipples

[-] pdxfed@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Can you milk me, Greg?

[-] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

retractable nipples

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

[-] Annoyed_Crabby 0 points 11 months ago

Now i wanna see whale calf drinking milk.

[-] naught@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 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 11 months ago

I wanna try milking an elephant

[-] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago

I checked, nothing to see. Elephants remain the biggest big tittie queens of the mammalian family.

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