Milk Is Just Filtered Blood
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- Published on Apr 12, 2018
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Female mammals make milk, a cocktail of filtered blood, to provide their babies with vital nutrients.
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To learn more, start your googling with these keywords:
Mammal: Endothermic vertebrates that nurse their young.
Lactation: The secretion of milk by the mammary glands.
Mammary Gland: A cluster of alveoli and ducts that secretes milk.
Mammary Alveoli: The tiny sacs that are the site of milk production and storage in the mammary gland.
Oxytocin: A hormone released by the pituitary gland that - among other things - causes the milk ejection reflex during nursing.
Holstein: A large black and white cow known for the large quantities of milk it yields.
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Script Writer: David Goldenberg (@dgoldenberg)
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References:
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Sharp, J., Wanyonyi, S., Modepalli, V., Watt, A., Kuruppath, S., Hinds, L., Kumar, A., Abud, H., Lefevre, C., and Nicholas, K. (2017). The Tammar Wallaby: A Marsupial Model To Examine The Timed Delivery And Role Of Bioactives In Milk. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 244: 164-177. Retrieved from: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27528357
Tsuruta, S., Misztal, I., and Lawlor, T. (2004). Genetic Correlations Among Production, Body Size, Udder,and Productive Life Traits Over Time in Holsteins. Journal of Dairy Science. 87(5):1457-1468. Retrieved from: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15290995
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Hi there - we appreciate that the “just filtered” part of our title has drawn a few comments and we want to address it. First off - you’re right; you could say lots of things are filtered blood products, including urine and even the carbon dioxide we breathe out. We decided to make this video because we believe most people, including ourselves, don’t think about how the same thing is true for a substance a lot of us drink every day - milk from an animal - and that communicating that fact would lead folks to a different appreciation of what milk is. Secondly - you’re also right; we didn’t fully convey the amazing things that the mammary gland does. Almost all of the precursors to the stuff in milk DO come from the bloodstream, but the special cells in the mammary gland transform many of them into their final milky forms, which we simplified in the video as “do some chemistry on them” and in the title as “filtered.”
Blaze the Dragon so they have to use WRONG terminology? It's not filtered blood...
Sebastian Elytron it's not pedantic at all... they are oversimplifying and sensationalizing it. And using the wrong terminology.
MinuteEarth ummm. To make a new video is. Why will be never peace in the world?
MinuteEarth there goes my milk addiction
I guess it's time to skip the middleman and go strait for the blood! :3
Teets
Nah not drinking milk anymore
is sperm blood too?
So this is why vegans keep saying "MILK IS ANIMAL CRUELTY"
Don’t feel like going to Costco anymore...
milk is not blood, it gets the nutrients from the blood.
That cow at the end need some milk
This is fake
I thought milk was cow cum
No one is that absurd.
Why iam I watching this while drinking milk????
*t e e t*
Vampires do no exis-
😵😵😵😵🍼🍼🍼🍼🍼why milk? Wait we dip cookies in blood!? I will never drink milk again!! Wait kittens drink blood I am done with life!!😩😩😩😩😩😭😭😭why did I watch this video
Ok we are vampires
But I love milk!!!!!
What. The...
FUCK?!
MILK IS BAD FOR YOU BTW
If a vampire attacked me I would show him or her this vid
:( i love milk now i dont know
Make a video about Feudalism.
Oh my goldnes
Great now I’m going feel sad when eat ice cream thanks 😒
So I am a filtered cow vampire now.
*BLEH BLEH BLEH*
(No wonder why they are so delicious.. blood hm?)
This is why I just drink a glass of ice-cold cow's blood every morning...
All the wholesome goodness of milk plus iron. 😋😃
powdered milk
Ah no wonder I love milk so much pairing it up with my vampire wants makes sense
So I wasn't crazy for never liking milk because I thought it tasted like blood.
Udderly
*oh boy the vegans*
idfc i drink cow blood i drink my own blood from wounds and i bet at some point you did that too heh...
I will not drink milk for a month after watching this video.
If you put juice on milk
Im never drinking milk ever again
Milk is not made of blood, you get it from cows
I thought people knew that...
Never thought about that and it is pretty cool. Keep the good job 🖖
I'm still drinking milk tho...
yay?
I am not going to drink milk again
I feel sick
Sorry for being extremely ignorant, but does this also how female breasts work?
*spits milk out* IM A VAMPIRE!!!!!!!!
Wonder why I’m vegan? Boom
“And does some chemistry” as in completely changing it so it’s totally different? Cool I’ll enjoy my milk now.
Just shut up, there are some things about the universe we are never meant to know
Ya I’m still gonna drink milk so idk what you thought this was gonna do...
I'm gonna replace cereal with pancakes.
So I have 2 gallons of blood in my fridge?
I mean I thought people knew this way long ago lmao
Pls dont trust cows
WTF is this channel? No gaming, just weird shit that makes me feel like a creep.
All aboard the nope train
*steps closer to the Vegan Society*
Hear that Dracula? We did it first!
She succ me
Its sad to see that cows have to get hurt or even die for filtered cow blood we call milk.
Why did I come to this video just to see the comment section?
Same as men’s juice
Well y'all now what to do don't drink MILK
I don't believe you, milk is not filtered blood, how did it turn white.
Holy milk! Nature is just amazing. Who knows what happens on other planets with life ;)
what?!?!?!?!
I feel like vomiting after watching this video.
right before this I got a commercial for milk
Ok shut up
We all know water is just boneless ice
Apparently you beat Adam ruins everything. LOL🤣
Ok I think almond milk is better now
I'll still drink milk the same I don't really care
Wait.. WHAT?!
No wonder I hated milk
Well my dream of being a vampire has finally come true
I just realized we could be their babies
**sips cup of milk and looks at camera**
**slowly spits out hot chocolate**
That’s why I don’t drink milk.
Glad I mainly ingest nut milk.
😃
*I will never drink chocolate milk ever again*
Damn dumb title , if we follow the logic of the title everything would have some dark origin
it seems they ran out of ideas
That baby seal is so cute!
......
Why did you change my image of milk..
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm, cow tits.
*Welp im never drinking milk again*
Babies drink breastmilk
Vampires suck blood
Babies are vampires ?????
It tastes good, I drink it. Now before you start with the vegan shit and arguments. I support your choice as vegans, so you should support my choice as an omnivore. I live in a small town where there is a farmer. I know the farmer personally and he cares for his animals. He does not artificially impregnate the cows and take their babies. He lets them drink real cows milk from the bottle and still lets them bond with their mom. I have experienced it firsthand (got to name one of the newborn calves) so before you come at me with hate, would you rather have it like this or with cows in factories that are killed after not even a year of their life. In my opinion we really need more authentic farmers like this one.
What??
I won't drink milk anymore! (Just joking :D )
Most of the comments are saying how they hate this, but I'm now a full-on vampire.
And poop is filtered food, right?
Fuck off....
I'd eat a cow alive idgaf
I will never unsee milk again
Just boneless blood
...im drinking milk as blood...
so we drink our parents blood when just an infant great XD
Remind me to never eat cereal for breakfast again