claim_arguably@lemdro.id to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agoWhat's a scientific fact that sounds made up but is 100% real?message-squaremessage-square252linkfedilinkarrow-up1188arrow-down15
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minus-squareDanquebec@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·17 days agoWow! It’s controlled by the same hormone as in mammals: prolactin.
minus-squareⓝⓞ🅞🅝🅔@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 days agoI figured this might surprise people. 😁 For the record though, I would like to discourage people catching pigeons and squeezing them to add milk to their hot morning beverages. Unless it’s a mourning dove. In that case, the homonym allows for it.
minus-squareDanquebec@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoYou just made me realize that people holding birds that can lactate in captivity for their milk isn’t an impossible scenario.
Wow! It’s controlled by the same hormone as in mammals: prolactin.
I figured this might surprise people. 😁
For the record though, I would like to discourage people catching pigeons and squeezing them to add milk to their hot morning beverages.
Unless it’s a mourning dove. In that case, the homonym allows for it.
You just made me realize that people holding birds that can lactate in captivity for their milk isn’t an impossible scenario.