HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year ago"Guess the animal I'm thinking of! Clue: it's a type of bat"lemmy.worldimagemessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up184arrow-down121
arrow-up163arrow-down1image"Guess the animal I'm thinking of! Clue: it's a type of bat"lemmy.worldHonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square17linkfedilink
minus-squareproblematicPanther@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year 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-squareleftzero@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoWait, does that mean that we evolved our scrotums independently from other mammals…?
minus-squareproblematicPanther@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoI think that’s exactly what that means. I’m not a biologist though.
minus-squaresigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoWait bats have scrotums??
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, 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.
Wait bats have scrotums??