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[โ€“] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The milk pools in grooves on the mother's abdomen, allowing the young to lap it up.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

So I guess that's partly why most mammals' milk glands are in the abdomen. Other than primates, I only know that elephants also have mammaries on the breasts