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The main ones are their nutritional values. Protein, fat, calorie and mineral contents vary, sometimes dramatically. And, although all mammals can consume milk from other species without very serious consequences, breast milk is tailor-made for the healthy growth of each animal. Whale juice, for example, is rich in fat, because the calves need to “fatten up” quickly and because the liquid needs to pass through seawater without falling apart.
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Find out what’s in a glass (200 ml) of milk from some mammals
Protein: 20.4g
Minerals: 2.4g
Fat: 62g
Calories: 770 kcal
Protein: 4.2g
Minerals: 1g
Fat: 3.2g
Calories: 96 kcal
Curiosity:Horse milk is used in the treatment of metabolic and allergic diseases, tuberculosis, ulcers, canker sores, and can replace human milk for premature babies.
Protein: 22.6g
Minerals: 3g
Fat: 29.6g
Calories: 268 kcal
Protein: 8.4g
Minerals: 1.4g
Fat: 30.2g
Calories: 242 kcal
Proteins: 20.2 g
Minerals: 1g
Fat: 14.2g
Calories: 318 kcal
Proteins: 2g
Minerals: 0.4g
Fat: 12.4g
Calories: 137.4 kcal
Protein: 27.2g
Minerals: 3.2g
Fat: 69.6g
Calories: 852 kcal
Curiosity: A glass of whale milk has more than twice as much fat as a Big Mac and nearly twice as many calories.
What color is hippo milk?
The world is not as rosy as the internet says
According to information circulating on the web, the lactating hippopotamus mixes with a red substance in its skin and ends up turning pink. It’s a lie. The red secretion actually exists: it is brown, but over time it takes on this color and serves to protect the animal’s skin from bacteria and sunlight. However, it travels through a different channel than milk and never mixes with it in large volumes.
Question – Felipe dos Santos Perez Pereira, Porto Alegre, RS
SOURCES Handbook of Milk of Non-Bovine Mammals, by Young Park and George Haenlein; dissertations Evaluation of Milk from Crioula Breed Mares: Composition and Quality, from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at UFRGS, and Composition of Blood and Milk in Dairy Sheep from Southern Brazil: Variations in Pregnancy and Lactation, from the Federal University of Santa Maria, LOL
CONSULTANCY Thomaz Girotto, environmental educator, and Henrique Luís Tavares, zootechnician at the São Paulo Zoo