Mammals (beehaw.org)
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[–] 47 points 2 years ago* (19 children)

They're not warm blooded. Maybe they're flamingos.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (13 children)

    And they produce dairy-free milk, whereas mammal milk is definitely of the dairy variety.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (12 children)

    Is human milk a dairy product?

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    Human milk certainly contains Lactose and Whey Protein.

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    I just gave you a pretty succinct definition of Dairy. Yes.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (4 children)

    Google shows conflicting answers and the Wikipedia page doesn't list human milk.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Well if you go by FDA's Title 21 Chapter I Subchapter B Part 131 Subpart B then not only is human milk not a dairy product but the only animal who produces milk is a cow, however in 2018 they requested submissions weighing in on whether plant products should continue to use "dairy group" words such as milk and yogurt on their labeling, so I think there is probably some leeway on this.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Yes, but it's pretty difficult to buy.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

    They’re not warm blooded.

    depends on the climate. natural habitat: yes. grocery store: no.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    By definition, "warm blooded" means "produce their own heat" (obviously drastically simplified). I don't think it matters whether the coconut is on a deserted island or on the shelf at Woollies, it's still not warm blooded.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    They don’t secrete a filtered blood derived substance through modified sweat glands, thus not milk producing, nearly milk substitute producing.

    Wild thought, vampires that drink milk instead of blood.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Neither Coconuts nor Oats have Mammary Exocrine Glands

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    Behold, a man!

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    You can milk any animal that has nipples... but, do coconuts have nipples?!

    I rest my case 😎

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Mammals aren't "living organisms with fur and milk". They're "the most recent common ancestor of the echidna and the cat, and anything descended from that".

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Nah, coconuts don't have the right kind of teeth and ear bones.

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  • While "having fur and producing milk" may have been the original description of mammals, biology no longer classifies things that way.

    Today, all of the classification is based on Clades, which can be established by doing DNA investigation (similarity matching). So, "mammals" are defined as a clade. And whether somebody falls into it or not depends on their DNA similarity. And coconut clearly do not belong into there.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Geez I thought we left the coconut fuckers back at the place which may not be named.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    In this essay I will

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    coconuts are plants and you're an idiot

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    gasp!

    [ clutches pearls ]

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Vegans hate this one weird trick

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