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Re:America's Biggest Milk Producers Are Going Bankrupt by soperj on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @01:22AM (#21977459)
Then how do cats digest it?
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Re:America's Biggest Milk Producers Are Going Bankrupt by InvaderFizz on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @01:28AM (#21977497)
Poorly.

Adult cats are generally lactose intolerant[0].

0: https://www.prestigeanimalhospital.com/services/cats/blog/wh...

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Re:America's Biggest Milk Producers Are Going Bankrupt by xnyan on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @09:14AM (#21980045)
Cats drinking bowls of milk is a TV thing or people who don't know better. Almost all mammals, including humans, lose the ability to effectively process lactose at some point in their life. Keeping the ability to process lactose as an adult is somewhat unique to humans and even then most will stop producing lactase before they die.
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