this post was submitted on 27 Oct 2024
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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:
- Type: Prey
- Class: Mammalia (mammal)
- Habitat: Barren rocky landscape
- Appearance: Similar to a tan egg
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I am often reminded by myself and others that I can be slow on the uptake, but what exactly is a tan egg? Field mice? I'm intrigued, but I would like more information. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for cute, positive energy on our site.
For sure! The name is based on a meme that I saw (linked below). Since there are a lot of animals that fit that niche from around the world, I thought that it could work well as a community.
Here are my thoughts on what the community might look like. I have it in the sidebar, but I'm open to making changes based on feedback:
"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:
Origin:
As for field mice, I think they would fit nicely (prey, mammal, tan egg)