#Mammals

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It’s possible to love two or more people at once. People who say it isn’t possible just don’t want to grapple with the thought of it Think that explain the

In our first post of the new @OurWorldInData biodiversity series I look at the long-term decline of the world's mammals.Since the rise of humans, wild land mammals have declined by

Mermaids would be *so cold* Marine mammals can have literally tens of thousands of pounds of muscle, so why do you never see a jacked dolphin? Or a ripped whale?

Phylogenetic tree of tetrapod relationships with emphasis on extant groups. I posted this on my stories on IG last night and I had SO MANY messages of people who still

Olfactory genes are one of the largest gene families in mammals. A stonking 1% of the genome. Our last commonly conserved olfactory receptors were with fish called lancelets 700 million

Turning the (dinner) tables: #MesozoicMammals nibbling on dinosaurs! This fossil was found in L. #Jurassic China, & shows tiny bites on a dino bone. This is cool, but not a

Alex (he/him) is fighting for trans kids ⚧🏳️‍⚧️

If you think that someone having a PhD means they’re an expert in everything; I just had to tell my partner, who is about a year from earning his PhD

Nothing in biology makes sense but in the light of evolution. Our new paper links pregnancy with cancer malignancy. Suggesting that cancer metastasis is an evolutionary compromise to allow our

It's time for an important reminder: chickens have one (1) hole.Poop & pee (birds kinda do both at the same time, so there's not that much of a distinction): same

Very funny to me how Australia has hopping mice which not marsupials like the iconic hopping Australian mammals but just a rogue rodent group that also got there. These guys

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Not sure if Q would be used for cup sizes, given how bra sizes work. This picture has plenty on the milk-producing abilities of these gals, which... yeah, ok, but,

sea otters — an informational thread ♡ ! the sea otter is a marine mammal native to the coasts of the northern and eastern north pacific ocean. adult sea otters

The Platypus: Australia's most outstanding animal: a thread. 1/16 The platypus is carnivorous, eating a diet of worms, shrimp, crayfish, and insect larvae. 2/16 The male platypus is venomous, with

Consider: many pipsqueak critters can and do deepen their calls. Many of those animals ALSO have "vocal learning" powers.Coincidence? For @NYTScience, I wrote about a new theory of how seals,

We just uploaded a preprint on the generality of the island rule. This rule has been supported & rejected by several authors since it was first postulated in 1964 by

theory && practice

omegaverse is not at all my thing so maybe it's a dick move to even be posting this. anyway I've noticed omegaverse tends to include litters of pups? but the