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Do Platypuses Sweat Milk?
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- Platypuses are unique mammals that lack teats, so they secrete milk through specialized skin pores.
- This milk pools on the mother's abdomen, appearing much like sweat to an observer.
- Because they are aquatic mammals, platypuses do not actually produce regular sweat for cooling.
- The young lap the milk directly off the mother's skin to receive their necessary nutrition.
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