• 100_kg_90_de_belin
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    3 months ago

    The milk pools in grooves on the mother’s abdomen, allowing the young to lap it up.

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      3 months ago

      So I guess that’s partly why most mammals’ milk glands are in the abdomen. Other than primates, I only know that elephants also have mammaries on the breasts