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https://www.npr.org/2024/03/07/1236408925/researchers-have-found-an-amphibian-that-makes-milk-for-its-babies
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·4 months agoDon’t echidnas and platypuses also lay eggs and feed their young milk?
minus-squareTurun@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-24 months agoYes, and? Edit: before this we knew of two groups of alive things that produce milk: mammals and monotremes (egg laying mammals). Finding an amphibian that also does it is very interesting.
Don’t echidnas and platypuses also lay eggs and feed their young milk?
Yes, and?
Edit: before this we knew of two groups of alive things that produce milk: mammals and monotremes (egg laying mammals). Finding an amphibian that also does it is very interesting.