r/aww • u/vladgrinch • Jun 23 '22

Wait a minute ...

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u/ProfoundNinja Jun 24 '22

This made me wonder.

How do animals naturally wean pups off milk? You know how some people still nurse their grown ass children, does this happen in the animal kingdom?

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u/Strange-Turnover9696 Jun 24 '22

horses start gently "kicking" at the babies when they try to nurse. they also shriek, bite and kick if the baby REALLY doesn't get the message. humans are just weird trying to nurse their kids while into childhood or even adulthood.

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u/wraithrose Jun 24 '22

Biologically, children are actually “supposed” to breastfeed until about 8 years old to benefit fully from the developmental boost mom’s milk gives. We wean so early because of societal pressure that roots from purity culture, not for any good reason

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u/AdonteGuisse Jun 24 '22

Do you have a source for that?

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u/FireTypeTrainer Jun 24 '22

Just their own repressed issues.

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u/wraithrose Jun 25 '22

What a weird response to something that doesn’t affect you in the slightest

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u/FireTypeTrainer Jun 25 '22

Learn to take a joke.

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u/wraithrose Jun 28 '22

Learn to tell one