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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"

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Say hello to the Pygmy Squirrel, a forest-dwelling micro-mammal from Borneo that weighs just 15 grams (lemmy.world)
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With its fuzzy tail, tufted ears, and curious eyes, this squirrel is not only adorable-it's also incredibly elusive. It spends its life scampering through mossy branches, feeding on bark, fungi, and lichens.

Fact: This species (Exilisciurus exilis) is one of the smallest squirrels ever recorded-and one of the hardest to spot in the wild!

Photo by Ch'ien C. Lee

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[โ€“] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My brain has difficulty accepting that this creature is real and did not fall out of a Dr. Seuss book.

[โ€“] casmael@lemm.ee 4 points 19 hours ago

Now that you mention it it does have that look about it actually