Comment on "Guess the animal I'm thinking of! Clue: it's a type of bat"

mp3@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• WraithGear@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If i was to guess, there a probably a ton of Bat species we do not know about, that are separated by such minute differences that to play the guessing game would be harrowing.

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  • Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Holy shit

    The second largest order of mammals after rodents, bats comprise about 20% of all classified mammal species worldwide, with over 1,400 species

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    So I guess the real question is what’s your favourite species of rodent (of the 2,276)?

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    • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      This is why I visit this site.

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    • NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      what’s your favourite species of rodent?

      Jerry. Easy.

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  • yardy_sardley@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not OP but I read somewhere that 20% of mammal species are bats. So you’re probably right.

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• iiGxC@slrpnk.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Clearly referencing the fact that bats are bugs, and so it’s a trick question since we’re supposed to be thinking of animals

  source: www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1989/11/03

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  • girl@sopuli.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    fun fact, insects are animals

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    • iiGxC@slrpnk.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Fuck, nevermind then idk

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    • NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I know this is true by most definitions but to be it never felt true. Insects are distinct from animals in my head.

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  • h3mlocke@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Clearly

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