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minus-square Karyoplasma ( @Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de ) linkfedilinkEnglish75•edit-24 months agoMammals use boob-juice to raise their offspring. That’s why they are called that. As opposed to e.g. birds that don’t use boob-juice and instead elect to vomit in their offspring’s ingestion orifices.
minus-square rockerface 🇺🇦 ( @rockerface@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkEnglish46•4 months agoIronically, birds also have a non-zero chance to be called “tits”, “boobies” or some such equivalent. Whoever named those must have been very proud of being a mammal and wanted to rub it in for those poor birds
minus-square Dudewitbow ( @Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip ) linkfedilinkEnglish4•4 months agoi legit had to search whether whales and dolphins had them, and I’m shocked.
minus-square Karyoplasma ( @Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de ) linkfedilinkEnglish10•4 months agoSea lions have retractable nipples. Let that sink in.
Mammals use boob-juice to raise their offspring. That’s why they are called that.
As opposed to e.g. birds that don’t use boob-juice and instead elect to vomit in their offspring’s ingestion orifices.
Ironically, birds also have a non-zero chance to be called “tits”, “boobies” or some such equivalent. Whoever named those must have been very proud of being a mammal and wanted to rub it in for those poor birds
i legit had to search whether whales and dolphins had them, and I’m shocked.
Sea lions have retractable nipples. Let that sink in.