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Do reptiles feed their young milk?

Updated: 8/10/2023
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14y ago

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No. Only mammals produce and feed their young true milk, that is a lactose-based liquid secreted through mammary glands.

Some birds produce that is often called "croup milk", that is a partially digested food mixture, and they regurgitate it to their young, but it is not true milk.

Snakes also produce venom, that when harvested (usually for the purpose of making anti-venoms), is often called "milking" the snake. This is not used for any form of feeding, and is not milk either.

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12y ago

No. Only mammals can produce milk for their young. They are the ones with the mammalian glands.

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11y ago

Yes; although most of them are nidifugous, meaning the abandon their young immediately after birth or hatching, some, like crocodiles, transport and protect their young.

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No. Reptiles do not have mammary glands and are incapable of nursing their young in the same fashion as mammals.

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13y ago

Not usually, but some species of snakes guard their eggs.

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Some alligators protect their young right after they hatch.

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No. Young reptiles must get their own food. Crocodiles guard their young against predators, but that is the fullest extent of parental care among reptiles.

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12y ago

no bcoz there reptiles

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