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Evolutionary shock: Small island foxes have unexpectedly big brains (dornsife.usc.edu)
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Not brand-new but it's news to me

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[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 6 points 1 month ago

In short, competition for survival made them smarter

[–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

alternate headline: Small island foxes are cute af!

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

YES and they can climb trees! And they're (relatively) friendly!

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

More about these cute cat-sized foxes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_fox