▲ 1089 ▼ Platypuses (mander.xyz) submitted 2 years ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 128 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ramirezmike@programming.dev 43 points 2 years ago (2 children) what the fuck permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 27 points 2 years ago (1 child) The milk pools in grooves on the mother's abdomen, allowing the young to lap it up. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 2 years 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 permalink fedilink source parent [–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago You got an ancestor that did that too. Part of why platypuses are so damn weird is because mammalian ancestors kept facing evolutionary bottlenecks. Platypuses are more like proto mammals than us placentals permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 27 points 2 years ago (1 child) The milk pools in grooves on the mother's abdomen, allowing the young to lap it up. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 2 years 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 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 2 years 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 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago You got an ancestor that did that too. Part of why platypuses are so damn weird is because mammalian ancestors kept facing evolutionary bottlenecks. Platypuses are more like proto mammals than us placentals permalink fedilink source parent
