fun fact, bats are members of the Sctrotifera clade, along with some other mammals that have scrotums. Interestingly, primates are not members of this clade.
"Guess the animal I'm thinking of! Clue: it's a type of bat"
Submitted 1 year ago by HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world to science_memes@mander.xyz
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problematicPanther@lemmy.world 1 year ago
leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
Wait, does that mean that we evolved our scrotums independently from other mammals…?
problematicPanther@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I think that’s exactly what that means. I’m not a biologist though.
sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Wait bats have scrotums??
leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
xkforce@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Almost as bad as beetles
mp3@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
OP: Mind adding a spoiler with the answer, for those clueless like me?
WraithGear@lemmy.world 1 year 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.
Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Holy shit
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So I guess the real question is what’s your favourite species of rodent (of the 2,276)?
yardy_sardley@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Not OP but I read somewhere that 20% of mammal species are bats. So you’re probably right.
iiGxC@slrpnk.net 1 year 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
girl@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
fun fact, insects are animals
h3mlocke@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Clearly