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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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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!
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.
Can you sweat milk?
No, humans are not capable of sweating milk. Sweat is produced by sweat glands in the skin and consists mostly of water, salts, and small amounts of other compounds, but not milk. Milk is produced by mammary glands in mammals and serves as a nutrient-rich food source for offspring.
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.
What animal sweats milk?
Platypus, they sweat milk and it's children lick it's fur, unlike most mammals that have nipples.
Collective noun for otters is?
The plural of otter is otters.
What is milk glands?
Mammary glands are modified sweat glands and are the distinctive feature in mammals.
