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Tan Eggs

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"When I'm a small prey mammal and I've evolved to survive the barren rocky landscape by optimizing into a tan egg"

For posts about animals that loosely fit the description above. While the animal does not have to hit all the requirements, it should hit some of them:

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/24585636

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[–] MrGerrit@feddit.nl 11 points 1 day ago

"I need to pee badly, but I don't want to wake her up...."

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 8 points 1 day ago

"..... Did I leave the stove on?"

[–] mogoh@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago (4 children)

What kind of animals are that?

[–] Eldritch@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Looks like a degu

Think giant gerbil

[–] w3dd1e@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

I believe they are gophers. They could be groundhogs. The original post doesn’t say.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Some sort of ground squirrel, perhaps?

[–] TheSlad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

The overwhelming urge to spin that wheel as fast as I can.