claim_arguably@lemdro.id to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoWhat's a scientific fact that sounds made up but is 100% real?message-squaremessage-square226linkfedilinkarrow-up1180arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1179arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a scientific fact that sounds made up but is 100% real?claim_arguably@lemdro.id to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square226linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 hours agoAnyone can lactate with a course of lactation inducing medication (of which there are several iirc) Or with about 30 days of stimulation training, which basically involves using a pump on your nipples multiple times a day.
minus-squareJennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·19 hours agoMales have all the mammary glands plumbing already built in?
minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 hours agoYes. Men are fully equipped to lactate. They just typically lack the hormones or stimulation to trigger it naturally.
minus-squarevolvoxvsmarla@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·19 hours agoThey do, they have breast tissue, even if very little. Which also means that men can get breast cancer.
minus-squareJennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·17 hours agoBut women have milk ducts, an essential body part to develop & channel milk. Do men have milk ducts?
minus-squarenondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·15 hours agoMilk ducts are just a specialized sweat glands, it’s not the same but it works.
minus-squareWorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 hours agoI thought it was a disorder. … So you are telling me I can legit be a hu-cow and have… …people eat/drink a part of me? 🤩
minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 hours agoYou can have you-milk on your cereal in the morning.
Anyone can lactate with a course of lactation inducing medication (of which there are several iirc)
Or with about 30 days of stimulation training, which basically involves using a pump on your nipples multiple times a day.
Males have all the mammary glands plumbing already built in?
Yes.
Men are fully equipped to lactate. They just typically lack the hormones or stimulation to trigger it naturally.
They do, they have breast tissue, even if very little. Which also means that men can get breast cancer.
But women have milk ducts, an essential body part to develop & channel milk. Do men have milk ducts?
Milk ducts are just a specialized sweat glands, it’s not the same but it works.
I thought it was a disorder.
…
So you are telling me I can legit be a hu-cow and have…
…people eat/drink a part of me? 🤩
You can have you-milk on your cereal in the morning.