• Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    The milk drinking is just as weird, since no other animal continues drinking milk after passing their baby state. Only humans do that.

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      1 year ago

      no other animal continues drinking milk after passing their baby state

      any predator will eat lactating mammaries. birds and reptiles are also known to drink mammalian milk.

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      1 year ago

      no other animal continues drinking milk after passing their baby state

      This is not even close to true. Even adult cows will occasionally grab a sip from another cow or even themselves.