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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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Meet the Elephant Shrew, also known as a Sengi (lemmy.world)
submitted 23 hours ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to c/taneggs@lemmy.ca
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[–] sourhill@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Mau dib!

[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Muah dib is a Jerboa.

[–] sourhill@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 9 hours ago

Sandy!

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

They roar, I believe

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 4 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Oh great, a notoriously spiteful creature that also never forgets?

We are super lucky it's tiny and adorable.

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 3 points 17 hours ago

Isn't the mob boss in Zootopia an elephant shrew?

[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 3 points 17 hours ago

Coming soon to a theatre near you...

The Taming of the Elephant Shrew

[–] Rebels_Droppin@lemmy.world 12 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Take a look at that snout!

[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 4 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Sing to me, my angel of music!

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 7 points 21 hours ago

So many exotic mouses. I love this <3

[–] __nobodynowhere@sh.itjust.works 2 points 17 hours ago