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"Guess the animal I'm thinking of! Clue: it's a type of bat" (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago by HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
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[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 55 points 8 months ago (2 children)

OP: Mind adding a spoiler with the answer, for those clueless like me?

[–] WraithGear@lemmy.world 42 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

If i was to guess, there a probably a ton of Bat species we do not know about, that are separated by such minute differences that to play the guessing game would be harrowing.

Or the scientific names are really large

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 57 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Holy shit

The second largest order of mammals after rodents, bats comprise about 20% of all classified mammal species worldwide, with over 1,400 species

Also

So I guess the real question is what’s your favourite species of rodent (of the 2,276)?

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 10 points 8 months ago

This is why I visit this site.

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 8 months ago

what’s your favourite species of rodent?

Jerry. Easy.

[–] yardy_sardley@lemmy.ca 10 points 8 months ago

Not OP but I read somewhere that 20% of mammal species are bats. So you're probably right.

[–] iiGxC@slrpnk.net 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Clearly referencing the fact that bats are bugs, and so it's a trick question since we're supposed to be thinking of animals

source: https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1989/11/03

[–] girl@sopuli.xyz 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

fun fact, insects are animals

[–] iiGxC@slrpnk.net 5 points 8 months ago

Fuck, nevermind then idk

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I know this is true by most definitions but to me it never felt true. Insects are distinct from animals in my head.

[–] h3mlocke@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

Clearly

[–] problematicPanther@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

fun fact, bats are members of the Sctrotifera clade, along with some other mammals that have scrotums. Interestingly, primates are not members of this clade.

[–] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Wait, does that mean that we evolved our scrotums independently from other mammals..?

[–] problematicPanther@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

I think that's exactly what that means. I'm not a biologist though.

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Wait bats have scrotums??

[–] xkforce@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Almost as bad as beetles