Do sharks have milk?

Sharks Are Not Mammals
They don't produce milk, they don't have hair, and most of them are cold-blooded. The only characteristic they share with mammals is that some shark species give live birth.
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Do some sharks lactate?

GREAT WHITE SHARK PRODUCES “MILK” TO FEED ITS BABIES

The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), is the largest species of lamniform shark, commonly known as mackerel sharks.
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Do any fish give milk?

Colorful Amazonian discus fish make a milk-like mucus to feed their babies (fry). Both parents produce the slime from their skin, which is not only nutrient rich, it also contains beneficial bacteria that colonize and establish the fry's gut microbiome.
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Do sharks have nipples?

“You can milk anything with nipples.” But, fish don't have nipples. Not even the milk shark. But some sharks, like great whites, do have something called uterine milk. Uterine milk (aka Shark Milk) makes it possible for some sharks to feed their unborn babies if they don't have umbilical cords.
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Is a shark a fish or mammal?

Sharks are fish. They live in water, and use their gills to filter oxygen from the water. Sharks are a special type of fish known because their body is made out of cartilage instead of bones like other fish.
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How do sharks sleep?

Whatever method they use to breathe, sharks are able to engage in periods of deep rest while still but do not fall asleep in the traditional sense. Lacking eyelids, their eyes remain perpetually open, and their pupils still monitor the motion of creatures swimming around them.
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What color should you not wear in the ocean?

For this reason, he suggests swimmers avoid wearing yellow, white, or even bathing suits with contrasting colors, like black and white. Burgess suggested divers who wear wet suits with bright colors, switch to all black. "When I go diving, I wear black gloves with my black wet suit," explained Burgess.
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Which animal has the biggest breasts?

A blue whale's mammary glands are the largest in the world. A blue whale's breast is only as big as a small person at 5 feet long, but it's as heavy as a newborn elephant at 250 pounds… and that's only for a single mammary gland! Underwater mammary glands don't work like a human's.
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Which animal has largest breasts in 5 letters?

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However, with regards to Mammary Glands, the Marine Mammal "BLUE WHALE" has the biggest Mammary organs which are about 1.5 meters. The blue whale is a marine vertebrate having a place with the baleen whale parvorder, Mysticeti.
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Can you milk a whale?

It would be hazardous to try milking any cetacean in the wild (although scientists have done so with recently deceased specimens). In captivity, though, the animals can be trained to tolerate it. Noren recently conducted a study that required 15 months of regularly milking two killer whale mothers at SeaWorld.
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Can you milk a giraffe?

The giraffes that have been milked have been milked under controlled conditions by scientists.” Yes, one of the biggest things preventing giraffe milk from becoming the next big superfood is that it's nearly impossible to get your hands on giraffe milk.
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Do flamingos have milk?

The milk of Greater Flamingos contains much more fat and much less protein than does pigeon milk, and its production is not localized in a crop, but involves glands lining the entire upper digestive tract.
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What animal has blue milk?

Hippopotamus gives the milk of blue color. Blue milk, also known as Bantha milk, was a rich blue-colored milk produced by female banthas. Sentients drank it, and also used it in bantha butter, blue bantha buttermilk biscuits, blue-milk cheese, blue milk custard, ice cream, and yogurt.
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Do sharks lay eggs?

A huge variety of animals produce eggs. These help to protect and provide for offspring as they develop. There are over 500 species of shark living in waters around the world and the majority give birth to live young. The remainder are oviparous, meaning they lay eggs.
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Do sharks breast?

All mammals have mammary glands which produce milk for their offspring. Sharks lack these glands and therefore they don't qualify to be called mammals. This means that their body temperature changes with variations in the surrounding environment they are in. Mammals are warm-blooded.
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Why shark is not a mammal?

Sharks are not mammals as they do not possess any of the characteristic features that define a mammal. For instance, they are not warm-blooded. Sharks are considered a species of fish, but unlike most fishes, a sharks' skeleton is made of cartilage. Sharks are carnivores and they feed on other smaller fish.
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Which male animals dont have nipples?

Male mammals typically have rudimentary mammary glands and nipples, with a few exceptions: male mice do not have nipples, male marsupials do not have mammary glands, and male horses lack nipples and mammary glands.
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Which animal has the most nipples?

According to the 2015 edition of Guinness World Records, the animal with the most nipples is the female shrewish short-tailed opossum, which can boast a 27-gun salute.
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Why do humans have breasts?

In the primate world, plump breasts last only as long as breastfeeding doesexcept in humans. Women are busty all the time, even after menopause. According to some scientists, the trait is an evolutionary trick for snagging men and signals a woman's ability to feed her children.
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Why do men have nipples?

Men have nipples because embryos are always female in their early stages, and males only differentiate from the female prototype after a few weeks.
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What's the largest size breast?

The Guinness World Record for largest natural breast size is 48V. Annie Hawkins, also known as Norma Stitz, wears a U.S.-size 52I bra, but based on her measurements — she has an 109.22-centimeter (43-inch) bust and 177.8cm band measurement — she should be wearing a 48V.
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How close to shore do sharks swim?

According to most statistics, sharks can come as close as 100 feet from the coast. The Florida Museum of Natural History stated in this context that most shark attacks take place in 6 to 10 feet of water.
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Is it weird to wear jeans to the beach?

It may come as a surprise, but loose fitting boyfriend jeans are a great beach option. They are light weight, easy to slide on and off, and match everything. Whether you wear them with a cute tank, or just your bathing suit top, loose jeans are a beach staple.
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