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[AmyStrange]

always here to have fun with,

Salut,

Ok here's the drug induced question of the hour. Why do men have nipples? Just doesn't make sense to me. Why don't they use them for something or is it just all psychological?

What say ye...

Dave (AmyStrange.com) Ayotte
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[Maddy McCall]

1. Pacifiers...as my dad discovered when he, shirtless, held my breastfed

baby. My son instinctively latched on, my dad freaked out, and from then on he wore a shirt when he held my iddle one.

[AmyStrange]

2. I would probably freak out too...

but next time I would be prepared. I've heard said that Marihuana can give you breast.

Maybe it all is psychological,

d

[AlienGirl]

4. With enough nipple stimulation, men will lactate

Yes, I know way too much about boobs!

Tucker

[regnaD kciN]

14. As opposed to most of the men on this site...

...who think way too much about boobs!

(And the White House, which just has too many boobs, period...)

;-)

[AlienGirl]

3. They are vestigial!

Male mammals have nipples because female mammals need them and there's no evolutionary pressure *against* them.

Tucker

[AmyStrange]

5. so what you're saying is...

that there is a general blueprint for humans and since females needed needed nipples there was no real reason not to give them to men. Makes sense,

d

[AlienGirl]

7. Yep!

Generally, evolution will preserve anything that isn't specifically detrimental to reproduction.

Want to hear my favorite cool evolutionary thing? There are placental sharks.

Not ovoviviparous (eggs hatching inside mom); actually *placental*. So, long before evolution had brought about a placental creature like a mammal, it had already led to a placental fish.

Tucker

[Crunchy Frog]

9. My favorite is the shark species,

I forget which one, where the fetuses swim around in the mother's uterus eating each other. The one that eats his last sibling is the one that's born.

I know that's kind of off the subject, I just think it's kind of neat, in an evil sort of way. :evilgrin:

[AmyStrange]

12. not off thread at all...

in my opinion, and besides, it is interesting,

d

[AmyStrange]

11. They might be Giants...

saw them in concert here in Seattle in 2002. They were the best and still my fave.

You are right though it seems as though fish and especially sharks did a lot of this stuff (we take for granted) long before we were around. We all actually owe OUR evolution to their evolution because if I remember correctly all land animals evolved from all the aquatic species. Am I wrong?

d

[KG]

6. um, well,

i don't mind having mine nibbled on. :)

[11 Bravo]

13. Dude!! Too much information!

n/t

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

8. I would tell you what they are good for

but I think the rule is No Sex Threads on DU

[camero]

10. Becuase we have milk too

Other than that I don't know. Except maybe for decorations. :shrug:

[MoonGod]

15. It all comes down to hormones...

Men are just a few hormones away from having full-on breasts and even being able to lactate.