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Why do men have nipples?

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Re: Why do men have nipples?
« Reply #20 on: 21/04/2003 14:52:41 »
oops, sorry for butting in, didn't realise ...
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Re: Why do men have nipples?
« Reply #21 on: 21/04/2003 17:14:15 »
so you could say that we start off as a homeobox... women just get a few extra bits added on... not sure if the term homeobox is relative here.

Thats Economics...
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Re: Why do men have nipples?
« Reply #22 on: 21/04/2003 18:13:47 »
I'm all for the Science Soap Opera idea.  Any studios want to take us on[8D]?

Considering the medical side, maybe we should call it a Science Soap Opera-tion!  Soap is fabricated using lyes too, so that bit fits.  

Men with nipple envy, I'd like to remind you that men have a few deluxe parts of their own that women don't have[:I].
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Re: Why do men have nipples?
« Reply #23 on: 24/03/2004 19:30:59 »
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Originally posted by Donnah

I'm all for the Science Soap Opera idea.  Any studios want to take us on[8D]?

Considering the medical side, maybe we should call it a Science Soap Opera-tion!  Soap is fabricated using lyes too, so that bit fits.  

Men with nipple envy, I'd like to remind you that men have a few deluxe parts of their own that women don't have[:I].

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Re: Why do men have nipples?
« Reply #24 on: 25/03/2004 03:54:59 »
Does anyone know of any animals (I'm guessing they'd have to be mamals) where the males breast-feed the young?


When 900 years you reach look as good you will not, hmm??
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Re: Why do men have nipples?
« Reply #25 on: 26/03/2004 03:59:16 »
There is a type of bat that has been recently discovered where the males have a high rate of mammary gland development and milk is present.  The article I was reading indicated they had not observed them breastfeeding, but they had not observed them very much at all.  Otherwise, no I don't think there are any species where the males breastfeed their offspring. (According to this one unnamed source of mine - unnamed because I can't remember where I read it.)

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Re: Why do men have nipples?
« Reply #26 on: 26/03/2004 13:55:38 »
they really can breastfeed i saw it on the discovery channel

i have been here longer yet you seem to be more advanced...
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Re: Why do men have nipples?
« Reply #27 on: 27/03/2004 07:07:48 »
Men (as in human males in case anyone is unsure !) can lactate (produce breast milk) give the right hormones. This can be induced artificially (some antipsychotics cause galatorrhoea (milk production) by promoting prolactin release), or naturally. Daily breast massage can occasionally induce milk production in men and women.

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