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minus-square@bitfucker@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agoI wanna know why but I’m too afraid of the answer
minus-square@samus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agoInverted nipples, not suitable for milking.
minus-square@0ops@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-21 month agoSounds like an engineering problem Edit: didn’t see you’re reply yet where you discuss this with an engineer. Carry on
minus-square@samus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 month agoThis is a “they didn’t stop to think if they should” situation.
minus-square@bitfucker@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month 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.
minus-square@samus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agoCorrect. The mother squirts the milk into their calf’s mouth, it isn’t sucked out.
minus-square@bitfucker@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agoThanks 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?
minus-square@samus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-230 days agoA dolphin is a kind of whale, so yup! All cetacean nipples are. EDIT: There’s a great band name, Cetacean Nipples!
I wanna know why but I’m too afraid of the answer
Inverted nipples, not suitable for milking.
Sounds like an engineering problem Edit: didn’t see you’re reply yet where you discuss this with an engineer. Carry on
This is a “they didn’t stop to think if they should” situation.
…and the nipple never comes out like how a human nipple can get erect? Forgive my lack of biology, I am an engineering major.
Correct. The mother squirts the milk into their calf’s mouth, it isn’t sucked out.
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?
A dolphin is a kind of whale, so yup! All cetacean nipples are.
EDIT: There’s a great band name, Cetacean Nipples!