claim_arguably@lemdro.id to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoWhat's a scientific fact that sounds made up but is 100% real?message-squaremessage-square244linkfedilinkarrow-up1185arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squareJennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 days agoMales have all the mammary glands plumbing already built in?
minus-squarevolvoxvsmarla@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 days agoThey do, they have breast tissue, even if very little. Which also means that men can get breast cancer.
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoA male neighbor died from breast cancer in the last decade.
minus-squareJennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoBut women have milk ducts, an essential body part to develop & channel milk. Do men have milk ducts?
minus-squarenondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 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·edit-28 days agoYes. Men are fully equipped to lactate. They just typically lack the hormones or stimulation to trigger it naturally.
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.