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:

Type: Prey
Class: Mammalia (mammal)
Habitat: Barren rocky landscape
Appearance: Similar to a tan egg

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Tiny egg (science.sandiegozoo.org)

submitted 2 months ago by Creativity@lemmy.zip to c/taneggs@lemmy.ca

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San Bernardino Kangaroo Rat

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[–] DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Mother of pearl that is ridiculously cute! Great share, thanks!

[–] Creativity@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

Np!

[–] MelonYellow@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Noticed a shadow in the corner. Did you happen to take this pic? If so, nice find!

[–] Creativity@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately not, I stole it off an article: https://science.sandiegozoo.org/science-blog/conserving-underdog-collaborative-efforts-translocate-endangered-kangaroo-rats

It'd be really cool to see one in the wild!

[–] MelonYellow@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I was thinking how hard it would be to take a photo of tiny rodents like this. I only ever manage to get a quick glimpse while hiking. They're so skittish!

[–] Creativity@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

Totally. I occasionally see a nose in a burrow, but it's gone by the time I pull a camera out.