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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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[–] Nemo@lemmy.ca 3 points 14 hours ago

This has got to be the most adorable thing I've seen in a while!

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 8 points 20 hours ago

Arboreal axolotl?

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 13 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 4 points 17 hours ago

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

[–] Biskii@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

My previous fascination was megafauna. Now I've moved on to micro-mammals

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 5 points 17 hours ago

Truly the ‘micro machines’ of animals

[–] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 7 points 1 day ago

The crazy scientist after getting electrocuted by one of their inventions: