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Which animal has the largest mammary gland in the world?


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Blue whale:

  1. A blue whale's mammary glands are the largest in the world.
  2. The breast of a blue whale is just 5 feet long and as big as a tiny human, but it weighs 250 pounds, the same as a baby elephant.
  3. The inverted breasts on all blue whales only come out when the newborn whale stimulates them.
  4. Milk is thrown at them.
  5. The breasts aren't sucked; instead, the milk is caught as it is discharged by the mother.

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