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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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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by otter@lemmy.ca to c/taneggs@lemmy.ca
 

The original title of this post was:

New Community: Looking for moderators and contributors

Please reply here if you would like to be a moderator. I don't expect it to be too much work, and it should be perfect for someone who hasn't been a moderator before.

You can also help get the community off the ground by foraging for content and sharing cool things you find related to tan eggs (articles, photos, images etc.)

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[–] salvaria@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is a jerboa too leggy to be eggy?

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

Looks pretty eggy to me, I think we can let them into the club!

Reminds me of this

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peep_and_the_Big_Wide_World

[–] DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I am often reminded by myself and others that I can be slow on the uptake, but what exactly is a tan egg? Field mice? I'm intrigued, but I would like more information. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for cute, positive energy on our site.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

For sure! The name is based on a meme that I saw (linked below). Since there are a lot of animals that fit that niche from around the world, I thought that it could work well as a community.

Here are my thoughts on what the community might look like. I have it in the sidebar, but I'm open to making changes based on feedback:


"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:

  • Type: Prey
  • Class: Mammalia (mammal)
  • Habitat: Barren rocky landscape
  • Appearance: Similar to a tan egg

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[–] otter@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

As for field mice, I think they would fit nicely (prey, mammal, tan egg)

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I can help out. I flippin love these things lol!

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago

@DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world has been running the show so I'll loop them in :)

[–] DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did hit you up in the DMs, but I'm posting my interest here also. Tan eggs, my muse with an O ;p

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Perfect, welcome aboard!