vestigial nipples

From: spike66 (spike66@attbi.com)
Date: Fri Nov 01 2002 - 00:07:03 MST


This Halloween reminded me of a costume I saw a
few years ago where a pregnant woman (about 9 1/2
months along by all appearances) wore a striped
tight leotard with large suction cups over
her breasts. She actually had 4 pairs of these,
as a pregnant tiger might have. She showed up
at work in this outfit. {8^D

Question please, evolution wonks: since most
mammals have multiple offspring and consequently
have 4 pairs of nipples, are humans ever born with
vestigial extra pairs of nipples? Does this
phenomenon have a name? How common is it?

spike



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