claim_arguably@lemdro.id to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoWhat's a scientific fact that sounds made up but is 100% real?message-squaremessage-square243linkfedilinkarrow-up1183arrow-down12file-text
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minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·6 days 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-up4·6 days agoMales have all the mammary glands plumbing already built in?
minus-squarevolvoxvsmarla@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 days agoThey do, they have breast tissue, even if very little. Which also means that men can get breast cancer.
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoA male neighbor died from breast cancer in the last decade.
minus-squareJennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoBut women have milk ducts, an essential body part to develop & channel milk. Do men have milk ducts?
minus-squarenondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·6 days agoMilk ducts are just a specialized sweat glands, it’s not the same but it works.
minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·6 days agoYes. Men are fully equipped to lactate. They just typically lack the hormones or stimulation to trigger it naturally.
minus-squareWorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days 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-up2arrow-down2·6 days 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?
They do, they have breast tissue, even if very little. Which also means that men can get breast cancer.
A male neighbor died from breast cancer in the last decade.
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.
Yes.
Men are fully equipped to lactate. They just typically lack the hormones or stimulation to trigger it naturally.
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.