One of the things I get to do is ask a lot of questions. Today I asked how does a Dolphin nurse her young. The answer might surprise you.
After a baby is born it must go to the surface of the water to take its first breath. The mother or midwife (yes midwife) pushes the baby to the surface and it is able to get its first breath. Newborn dolphins nurse at the surface and the young dolphin nurses while the mother floats on her side so that the baby can breath while nursing. It is not till it is older that the baby can suckle underwater. The mammary glands are in paired slits on either side of the reproductive opening. The mothers muscles push the milk through the nipples into the mouth of the young dolphin.
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