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When he was first taken from Menari, Roux — who wasn’t yet named — couldn’t even suckle, said Forbes.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2022

Meanwhile, Love Shaiska was struggling to suckle, forcing her parents to pull together cash to buy formula.

From Reuters ● Aug. 23, 2021

There was no guarantee that the other mothers would protect Lucy, much less allow her to suckle, as that would mean fewer precious nutrients for their own calves.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 20, 2021

Veterinarians listened to the cub’s heart and lungs, tested its suckle reflex and moved all four limbs to test muscular development.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 22, 2020

As I watched, the baby swam between the front flippers of the larger one and began to suckle.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

President Volodymyr Zelensky has been heeding a wise Ukrainian proverb: A gentle calf suckles two mothers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

As the baby suckles at the breast, it picks up more microbes from its mother’s skin.

From Nature ● Mar. 6, 2018

The baby is put to the breast and suckles from a slender tube attached to the breast that delivers breast milk that someone else has pumped.

From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2018

When the infant suckles, sensory nerve fibers in the areola trigger a neuroendocrine reflex that results in milk secretion from lactocytes into the alveoli.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

The female goes nine months with calf, which it suckles during six, from four teats.

From The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by William Marsden

“There is no food or water. Sometimes I have nothing to give the kids,” she said as her 14-month-old suckled on her deflated breast.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2024

I watched as a ewe suckled two lambs that she had adopted in this way.

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2024

They were discovered by a female wolf and suckled by her, eventually growing up and exacting their revenge on their treacherous uncle.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

“Good baby!” said a woman to one as it suckled on a bottle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2019

"As a babe I suckled on icicles, boy. I like the cold."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

We’re prescribed to order cochinillo asado, the roasted suckling pig in the book, and sopa de ajo, garlic soup just for fun.

From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025

But a pregnant or suckling female is especially ravenous and will continue to forage for two for up to 1 year after giving birth.

From Science Magazine ● May 15, 2024

In 2015, a research team from two U.S. universities tested tunes incorporating feline-centric sounds that included purring and a pulse reminiscent of suckling.

From National Geographic ● Jan. 2, 2024

Run by JM Nixon and Son, the farm had 140 suckling beef cattle as well as several holiday cottages and a riding school.

From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2023

Anatole immediately settled down to driving us anxiously through the dark while I curled around our suckling boy in the backseat, alarmed to see he wasn’t even that—he couldn’t nurse.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver