Can males produce milk. Though under certain circumstances. Yes under certain circumstances. Well the answer is yes.
Theres literally no reason for them to be there. If youre male do you ever stop and wonder why you have nipples. They also have oxytocin and prolactin the hormones responsible for milk production.
Really male lactation is a thing and it can happen naturally. It has been used in popular literature such as louise erdrichs the antelope wife to describe the phenomenon of male galactorrhea which is a well documented condition in humans unrelated to childbirth or nursing. Lactation refers to the secretion of milk from the mammary glands and the period of time that a mother lactates to feed a baby or at least that is the way most definitions of lactation go now.
Male breasts have milk ducts and some mammary tissue. Out of over 4000 species of mammal the only one where males spontaneously produce milk is an indonesian fruit bat. It is well documented in the dayak fruit bat and the bismarck masked flying fox.
In the right circumstances men are capable of producing milk and nursing their children. The term male lactation is not used in human medicine. Males can lactate unless you are an indonesian fruit bat though it probably wont happen naturally by nikhil swaminathan on september 6 2007.
The ability to lactate exists in a variety of male animals though male milk production is typically a rare occurrence. In males called billies the corresponding appendage to be found there is the scrotum. To start male lactation has been observed in a few domesticated animals including cats goats and guinea pigs on rare occasions.
You dont produce milk you dont lactate or breastfeed your young. Newborn babies of both sexes can occasionally produce milk. So what about human male lactation.
Never expect milk from there because that is not milk. In zoology male lactation is production of milk from a male mammals mammary glands. Here is an interesting interview about one man who is producing male milk from the cult tv show obriens people an interview with a gentleman who produces and sells his well that was amusing to me and i hope to you.
Except in rare cases being a breastfeeding father isnt realistic or practical. But hello sheru in lucknow actually produced milk. And as you may know it is physically possible for any man to produce milk given enough stimulation over time.
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