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This week we explore the world of milk and the animals that produce it. We learn about the various types of milk around the world, how milk is produced in the body and how cows milk came to dominate the dairy industry. 

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Cool stuff on Native Americans and bison

https://allaboutbison.com/what-part-of-the-bison-was-used/

Some sources, there are more but they don't fit in the character limit. Reach out if you want to know where I found something.

https://www.insider.com/10-animals-that-produce-milk-from-around-the-world-2020-11

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/domestication/#:~:text=Goats%20were%20probably%20the%20first,horses%2C%20for%20plowing%20and%20transportation.

http://www.fao.org/3/AD347E/ad347e05.htm

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/10/28/163835175/the-truth-about-nepals-blood-drinking-festivals

https://johnes.org/other-animals/water-buffalo/#:~:text=At%20least%20130%20million%20domestic,than%20that%20of%20dairy%20cattle.&text=2.48%25%20of%20the%2070%20buffaloes,ELISA%2Dpositive%20using%20serum%20samples.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6481029/

https://www.heifer.org/blog/why-buy-a-cow-when-you-can-get-yak-milk-instead.html#:~:text=Yaks%20produce%20milk%20tinted%20with,turns%20to%20a%20creamy%20white.&text=Yak%20butter%20is%20used%20as,medium%20for%20traditional%20Tibetan%20sculpture.

https://thetakeout.com/milk-author-mark-kurlansky-on-why-most-of-us-drink-cow-1826390260

https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/Todays_Reports/reports/mkpr0220.pdf

https://web.archive.org/web/20100620202412/http://www.fcs.msue.msu.edu//ff/pdffiles/foodsafety2.pdf

https://probaway.wordpress.com/2009/07/30/why-didnt-american-indians-have-domesticated-animals/