Hello!
A friend recently made a visit to the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey
California, and she came back reporting on the new children's interactive
section which recently opened to the public, featuring a permanent display of
a five foot high free standing BABY BOTTLE!.  The display compares the
quantity of milk a baby whale consumes, compared to a baby human.  There is a
window box in which are displayed bunch of REAL Playtex-type baby bottles.
and then the children can open two little doors and see a picture of a baby
whale nursing and a picture of a human baby BEING FED A BOTTLE, presumably by
his mother (but hey- maybe it's actually the nanny ?  :-) Anyway, the text of
the display is something to the effect of:

WHEN YOU WERE A BABY, YOU DRANK SIX BOTTLES OF MILK A DAY.  A BABY WHALE
DRINKS TWO HUNDRED BOTTLES A DAY.  ( and/or it may also have said something
about liters- she couldn't remember for sure)

 When my very shocked friend pointed out that her child did not recognize
bottlefeeding as the way to feed babies, and further pointed out that she
herself also did not recognize bottlefeeding as the natural and appropriate
way to symbolize human infant feeding, the response from one employee was
"Well, we couldn't put a BREAST up there!"  Naturally she pointed out very
sweetly that they could most certainly find a beautiful depiction of a mother
breastfeeding.

The two aquarium employees she spoke with quickly agreed with her, and she
was encouraged to write a letter.  Would you all like to join us?  The
address is: The Monterey Bay Aquarium, 886 Cannery Row Monterey, California,
USA

BTW, speaking of beautiful depictions of breastfeeding mothers, I just
returned from Italy, where I visited many churches and museums containing
LOTS of beautiful paintings of mothers breastfeeding- and one thing I noticed
was that the children being nursed were almost always very large- at least
two years old, seemingly, on average...

Sue Jacoby, LLLL & IBCLC