The special fats in baby sea lion vernix come from their skin—not from their mom’s milk—just like in human babies, which means this isn’t something they eat, but something their body makes.

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Sea Lions Develop Human-like Vernix Caseosa Delivering Branched Fats and Squalene to the GI Tract

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2018 May 10

Sea lions, like humans, have a waxy coating on their babies' skin that contains special fats made by the skin itself—not from mom’s milk—showing this isn’t just a human thing.

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Sea Lions Develop Human-like Vernix Caseosa Delivering Branched Fats and Squalene to the GI Tract

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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-25871-1

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Baby sea lions are born with a waxy coating on their skin that they swallow before birth, and this coating has special fats and oils that are also found in human babies—maybe to help their guts grow healthy bacteria.

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