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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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 12 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 13 hours ago (4 children)

What kind of animals are that?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

I think they're prairie dogs

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

Some sort of ground squirrel, perhaps?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Looks like a degu

Think giant gerbil

[–] [email protected] 4 points 12 hours ago

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