20 Facts That Sound Like Bullsh*t But Are Totally True

11. Dolphin's Nipples Are In Their Bum.

Imagine if this were the case with humans. First world countries are already horrified at breastfeeding in public; mothers shoving babies heads in their butts would be enough to send some into cardiac arrest. Fascinatingly, dolphin's two mammary glands open into a pair of sacs either side of the anal opening, and the calf sticks it's rostrum, or beak, into the openings on the sacs. The baby grasps the nipple between it's upper jaw and tongue, so that muscular contractions by mama literally squirt milk into the calf's mouth like a natural Nerf super soaker- via the badonkadonk. Delightful.
 
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