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:


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[–] DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

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.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

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:

  • Type: Prey
  • Class: Mammalia (mammal)
  • Habitat: Barren rocky landscape
  • Appearance: Similar to a tan egg

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[–] otter@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 weeks ago

As for field mice, I think they would fit nicely (prey, mammal, tan egg)

[–] salvaria@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Is a jerboa too leggy to be eggy?

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

Looks pretty eggy to me, I think we can let them into the club!

Reminds me of this

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peep_and_the_Big_Wide_World

[–] DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Did hit you up in the DMs, but I'm posting my interest here also. Tan eggs, my muse with an O ;p

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

Perfect, welcome aboard!