Conversation with Dia Michels, author of If My Mom Were a Platypus, on how other mammals nurse their young.

Ever wonder how on earth a whale baby nurses underwater?  How common is

it for mammals to nurse other mothers' babies?  And do other mammalshave insufficient milk?

I'm

so happy to have had a chance to ask these questions and many more inan interview with Dia Michels, founder and president of PlatypusMedia.  Dia is author of If My Mom were a Platypus, a children's book about mammal mothers and their babies.

You can listen to the podcast through the player below, download it and listen with another player, or download it at our iTunes store.

Dia has also agreed to give away 3 copies of If My Mom were a Platypus. 

To enter to win a copy, leave a comment below.  If you have a mammalnursing story to share (this is not necessary to enter), please leaveit!

Here are a few links to things we mentioned: Meerkat Manor, The Story of the Weeping Camel.

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