HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years ago"Guess the animal I'm thinking of! Clue: it's a type of bat"lemmy.worldimagemessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down120
arrow-up159arrow-down1image"Guess the animal I'm thinking of! Clue: it's a type of bat"lemmy.worldHonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square17linkfedilink
minus-squareproblematicPanther@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 years 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-up4·2 years agoWait, does that mean that we evolved our scrotums independently from other mammals…?
minus-squareproblematicPanther@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoI think that’s exactly what that means. I’m not a biologist though.
minus-squaresigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years 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??