HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 months ago"Guess the animal I'm thinking of! Clue: it's a type of bat"lemmy.worldimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down120
arrow-up158arrow-down1image"Guess the animal I'm thinking of! Clue: it's a type of bat"lemmy.worldHonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareproblematicPanther@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·5 months agofun fact, bats are members of the Sctrotifera clade, along with some other mammals that have scrotums. Interestingly, primates are not members of this clade.
minus-squaresigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoWait bats have scrotums??
minus-squareleftzero@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoWait, does that mean that we evolved our scrotums independently from other mammals…?
minus-squareproblematicPanther@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoI think that’s exactly what that means. I’m not a biologist though.
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.
Wait bats have scrotums??
Wait, does that mean that we evolved our scrotums independently from other mammals…?
I think that’s exactly what that means. I’m not a biologist though.