Interesting post from Christine Lichte about other
mammals and latching to the breast...just musing this
morning and wondering if the huge variations in nipple
and areolar shape and size are factors in human bfing
problems.

I am fascinated by animals and am a semi-regular zoo
visitor; it seems that other mammals have much more
consistency, within their species, in the shape and
size of the nipple than we human gals do. I mean, I
have seen nipples varying from 3-4 cm in diameter, all
the way down to the "itty bitties" that are 1 cm or
less.  I have seen ladies with virtually no areolae
(actually that particular mom had no palpable breast
gland, either), up to areolae that were the size of a
saucer.  I am not a zoologist or a vet :) but I have
not observed these extreme variations in other animals
I have seen.

Any animal specialists out there want to enlighten me
on this one?
Carole


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