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[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It was also a cold-blooded mammal.

EDIT: new information suggests they probably were not.

[-] Kornblumenratte@feddit.org 10 points 1 year ago

No, it wasn't. Or to be exact, we don't know, but it's highly unlikely. In 2009, the bone growth pattern of Myotragus was thought to occur only in cold blooded animals, but in 2012 they found it is widespread in extant mammals as well.

[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Oh, that's good to know! I wondered how a cold-blooded mammal could be a thing.

[-] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

~~TIL there was a 5M year old cold-blooded mammal that humans killed off (but ofc).~~

Today I was reminded that science grows as new discoveries are made.

But we still killed the little beasties off. Nothing has changed there.

[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I actually missed the part that we killed them off. "Heh heh, look at the funny-faced little goats. Let's kill 'em!" Jerks.

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