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"Guess the animal I'm thinking of! Clue: it's a type of bat" (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 55 points 7 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 42 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 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

[–] [email protected] 57 points 7 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)?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

This is why I visit this site.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

what’s your favourite species of rodent?

Jerry. Easy.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

fun fact, insects are animals

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Fuck, nevermind then idk

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Clearly

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wait bats have scrotums??

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Almost as bad as beetles