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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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[โ€“] delaenya@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I'm not sure what the english name for it is, according to dict.cc it's called eurasian hamster, european hamster, black-bellied hamster or field hamster. They are much bigger than most people expect, about the size of a guinea pig. And yes, they are extremely cute!

[โ€“] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

Took a bit of searching to find a picture of one with a human for scale, but wow, they are big!