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Yes and no.
In monotremes, which includes the platypus, there are mammary glands but no teats. When producing the milk, the mother excretes milk out of pores in the skin and the young platypuses lick the milk off the abdomen. The mother has grooves specifically designed to keep milk that is excreted out.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 12y agoNo animals "sweat milk". This question possibly arises from the misconception that platypuses (which are not even remotely related to otters) sweat milk. Neither platypuses, nor otters, nor any other mammal sweats milk. The mammary glands which supply milk are essentially just modified sweat glands in all mammals.
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∙ 7y agoOtters are mammals, so the young are suckled on their mother's milk.
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Is there sweat in milk?
Although the primary constituent of milk -- that is, water -- is the same as the primary constituent of sweat, there is no sweat in milk.
Why do aliens sweat milk?
None of the aliens that I know sweat milk -- but the platypus and the spiny anteater do. This is the beginnings of the mammary glands - enriched sweat.
Do dairy cows sweat milk?
No. The production of milk is not related to how sweat is created and excreted via sweat-glands. The udder is not even made up of sweat glands in the first place!
Can you sweat milk?
Milk is an extreme minor amount of sweat since it is mostly water with only 0.2%-1.0% mineral, lactate or urea.
Are cow nipples called otters?
No, they are called teats. The milk sack is called the udder. Otters, on the other hand, are water loving animals.
Do Hamsters sweat milk?
Yes, it is very common that Hamsters sweat sometimes even in their urine ( PEE ) .
How to clear methamphetamines from urine?
Drink alot of water, milk and sweat
Does a platypus's sweat contain milk?
Yes and no. In monotremes, which includes the platypus, there are mammary glands but no teats. When producing the milk, the mother excretes milk out of pores in the skin and the young platypuses lick the milk off the abdomen. The mother has grooves specifically designed to keep milk that is excreted out. These glands from which the milk is secreted are modified sweat glands on the platypus's abdomen. In all mammals, the mammary glands are really little more than modified sweat glands, but it's the the absence of nipples which is more obvious in platypuses. Interestingly, the male platypus's venom gland is also a modified sweat gland.
How do you reconstitute baby formula?
Mix equal part water, equal part evaportated milk.
Sweat glands and mammary glands are alike how?
Both of them are exocrine glands i.e. they have duct systems that accept the glands' secretions; milk and sweat.
What animal sweats milk?
Platypus, they sweat milk and it's children lick it's fur, unlike most mammals that have nipples.
What is milk glands?
Mammary glands are modified sweat glands and are the distinctive feature in mammals.
