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Jurassic animal found on Skye 'fed milk to young'

Palaeontologists believe an animal that lived in what is now Skye 165 million years ago fed milk to its young.
Milk teeth have been discovered in the fossil jaw of a juvenile Wareolestes rex, a species of mammal from the Middle Jurassic.
Scientists suggest adult females secreted milk on to a bare patch of skin for their young to lap up.

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