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Rose Marie Straeter <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 29 Aug 1996 09:42:00 CDT
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At 11:22 PM 8/28/96 -0400, you wrote:
>>>The baby swam up to the mother (up from underneath her) and kind of stuck
>his "nose" at her "belly" at which point the video highlighted it and
>labeled it "nursing."  This nursing lasted only briefly and then the baby
>slowed down and swam behind the mother again.<<
>
>If I recall correctly, the way it works with whales is that they eject their
>milk into the water, and the nearby babe scoops it right in. I suppose it may
>work the same way for the dolphins. Feel free to add or correct, anyone who
>knows more! :-)


I was mentioning this to my husband - his question - mine too - how does the
baby only get the milk and not the water??

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