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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Mouse deer like chevrotains and Java mouse deer are considered living fossils because they are thought to be the most primitive ruminants (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Are they considered primitive because they only have three legs?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What if that turns out to not be his leg?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah, that isn't a 3rd leg at the back...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Close relatives of the wild haggis.