Palaeontology 🦖@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year ago

Extinct goat was cold-blooded

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Extinct goat was cold-blooded

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Palaeontology 🦖@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year ago

(PhysOrg.com) -- An extinct goat that lived on a barren Mediterranean island survived for millions of years by reducing in size and by becoming cold-blooded, which has never before been discovered in mammals.

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Humans, the only mammal more cold blooded than the goat.
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  I mean… Have you ever watched any other mammals hunt? 🤦
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    No but I watched a large man eat an entire cheeseburger in 1 bite, does that count?

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