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How about a glass of (whale) milk
last update: Sep 20, 2010 03:42 PM
According to marine researchers, whale milk could provide a nutritious alternative to cows' milk, and would be feasible on commercial scales.
An international team of scientists from the Marine Research Institute, Mid Glamorgan and the Nederlands Instituut voor Mariene Wetenschappen said that using whale milk on an industrial scale would free-up agricultural land for more crops.
Dr Marie Turnwater, who is the lead researcher, said "It tastes sweeter but you soon get used to it."
The Minke whale milk has a higher fat content and is full of omega three fatty acids.
Two Minke whale pods were trained to return to 'milking bays' in a fjord in Norway. Here, they are being milked which takes about 50 minutes and gives 1600 litres of milk, or 2815 pints, compared with a Friesian cow's paltry 40 litres.
Humans are the only species in the animal kingdom that drink milk beyond childhood, and to drink the milk of other species.
Source:
Planet Earth, 1st April 2009
