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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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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Maybe the gov drone isn't 100% sure about the fit & is still deciding, sizing.

The smol mammal on the other hand is in love with the big flamboyant dommy.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Well, galliformes in general are kind of murder beasts. I've had some deluded roosters decide to pick a fight with me and I personally wouldn't want to tango with a full grown tom turkey. Never really dealt with peafowl, but I'd imagine they're about as nasty as their cousins.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Are cassowaries in this branch as well?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nah, they're closer related to emus.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

And emus are worse, I'd rather not fight a bird that won a war against Australia.