Breast milk

[MagmanLee]

Wh...what the hell is wrong with you people?

[atm743]

Wh...what the hell is wrong with you people?

what jest a conversation about breast milk you drink cows breast milk probably everyday!!

[ShooterJM]

Exactly. I'd drink breast milk before I drank cow's milk any day.

Think about it. Humans are the only thing that actually think it's normal to drink the lactations of another animal. THAT'S pretty freakin gross to me.

[JimmyBeam]

Well beer always tastes better when it's fresh from the keg right?

heh, exactly!!!!

[MadChild]

I am a Ninja.

[cphilip]

Exactly. I'd drink breast milk before I drank cow's milk any day.

Think about it. Humans are the only thing that actually think it's normal to drink the lactations of another animal. THAT'S pretty freakin gross to me.

How do you know this is the case? I have seen mother animals suckle other species many times. None of them seemed to be acting as if it was abnormal at all....

[Target Practice]

I think that one of the main reasons we drink the milk of other animals is that it is more convienient than latching on to a passing pint. It may not be as fun, but think of the logistics.

[PyRo]

And meat is the flesh of somthing that was living. And there is a good chance that some of the water you drink was once drunk by some animal and urinated out. Fruits and vegtables come from the ground, think how many animals died and rotted there, urinated there, took a dump there, how many walked there with not clean feet, all the bugs that land on the food.

If you want to think hard enough about it, all food can be classified as "gross".

[cphilip]

We drink it because its an excellent source of renewable sustenance. People in the world drink and use milk from other animals than cows. Sheep, Goats and Horses to name a few...

[PyRo]

I'm curious, most animals produce milk only when they have reporduced. Why do cows do it all the time? Are they kept constantly pregnant, given some hormone, just given birth once, and so long as they keep milking it it will produce milk, are they bread that way, or is it just normal.

[cphilip]

I'm curious, most animals produce milk only when they have reporduced. Why do cows do it all the time? Are they kept constantly pregnant, given some hormone, just given birth once, and so long as they keep milking it it will produce milk, are they bread that way, or is it just normal.

They don't. They eventually stop lactation and have to be rebred but the act of milking stimulates the hormone to continue lactation for quite a while. Sometimes you rest them by slowing that down and making them stop and so they come back into estrus and produce another calf.

They deliver and freshen and as long as they are milked they may lactate almost a year. And yes slowly through selective breeding we have extended that. Its a normal hormone production

Women can lactate for years as long as the kid continues to suckle.

[Jack_Dubious]

Wh...what the hell is wrong with you people?

I second this notion.

JDub

[Mango]

Found this on a cow website:

Most mammals only produce enough milk to feed their young. Dairy cows are different, they produce far more milk than their young calves can use. A calf only needs a small portion of her mother's milk supply during the first few months of life (about 255 litres). Since a good dairy cow produces more than 6,100 litres of milk in a year, there is a lot of extra milk for us to use. A cow produces milk for about ten months following the birth of her calf and for the process to continue she must have a calf every year.

pretty interesting

[ShooterJM]

How do you know this is the case? I have seen mother animals suckle other species many times. None of them seemed to be acting as if it was abnormal at all....

Sorry, forgot two important words in my post!

"Past weaning"

DOH.

[1stdeadeye]

I second this notion.

JDub

Third!!!