Why do so many people drink cow milk?

You're not of the cow species; nor a calf. Why is it so normalized in America? Who made it oh fucking kay to start drinking milk of a cow? In that case we can drink milk lactation of a dog and other animal species for that matter. Just sick.

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Doomflower · 41-45, M

This makes me think about how cows are probably the largest domestic mammal humans have so are ideal for milk producers. Camelids (camels, llama, alpaca) and goats are also good sources of milk used in the world where cows aren't really feasible. There are larger mammals but they lack the traits of an organism that can be domesticated easily if at all. Elephants for example are difficult to breed, feed and, lead.

Anyway I am trying to say that milk from cows has probably helped humans a lot. When we started learning to cook and farm our jaws shrank and our brains grew.

Doomflower · 41-45, M

Oh and dogs would not produce enough milk to be useful. We could milk any lactating mammal and harvest the milk.