claim_arguably@lemdro.id to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoWhat's a scientific fact that sounds made up but is 100% real?message-squaremessage-square243linkfedilinkarrow-up1184arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1183arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a scientific fact that sounds made up but is 100% real?claim_arguably@lemdro.id to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square243linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 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-up2·2 days agoMales have all the mammary glands plumbing already built in?
minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoYes. Men are fully equipped to lactate. They just typically lack the hormones or stimulation to trigger it naturally.
minus-squarevolvoxvsmarla@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoThey do, they have breast tissue, even if very little. Which also means that men can get breast cancer.
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoA male neighbor died from breast cancer in the last decade.
minus-squareJennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoBut women have milk ducts, an essential body part to develop & channel milk. Do men have milk ducts?
minus-squarenondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoMilk ducts are just a specialized sweat glands, it’s not the same but it works.
minus-squareWorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 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-up2·2 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?
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.
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.
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.