Which mammal has the fattest milk?

seal
sheep
elephant
rat
Sea mammals are warm-blooded, but live in cold waters - so they really need the isolating layer of fat. Dolphin milk contains 35% of fat, seal and whale - up to 50%. It is twelve times more than in human or cow milk.
Debbie Fox
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flagSweden
92%
5%
2%
0%
38
flagthe Netherlands
76%
6%
10%
6%
30
flagGreece
74%
11%
11%
3%
27
flagAustralia
67%
7%
14%
10%
68
flagRepublic of Ireland
67%
23%
0%
8%
34
flagAustria
62%
21%
13%
2%
82
flagGermany
60%
18%
15%
5%
536
flagthe United Kingdom
57%
23%
14%
4%
219
flagPoland
56%
30%
7%
4%
15709
flagUkraine
55%
27%
8%
7%
561
flagRussia
55%
25%
8%
9%
256
flagthe United States
48%
27%
17%
6%
529
flagBelarus
48%
30%
18%
3%
60
flagUnknown
47%
34%
8%
8%
23
flagCanada
43%
31%
21%
0%
32
flagSwitzerland
40%
37%
15%
6%
66
flagKazakhstan
40%
40%
10%
7%
40
flagthe Philippines
36%
30%
10%
16%
30
flagIndia
31%
38%
18%
9%
313
flagPakistan
31%
42%
15%
5%
38