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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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Lemmings strong together! But no, these are not Lemmings, they are hyrax. Still cool, like you.

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[–] Mohamed 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes, they are. There is also an instinct giant awawa.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

These ones?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanohyrax

Some species, like T. ultimus, are estimated to be as large as the modern rhinoceros.

[–] Mohamed 2 points 1 month ago

Yep!