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minus-squareKornblumenratte@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·14 days agoNo, it wasn’t. Or to be exact, we don’t know, but it’s highly unlikely. In 2009, the bone growth pattern of Myotragus was thought to occur only in cold blooded animals, but in 2012 they found it is widespread in extant mammals as well.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·14 days agoOh, that’s good to know! I wondered how a cold-blooded mammal could be a thing.
No, it wasn’t. Or to be exact, we don’t know, but it’s highly unlikely. In 2009, the bone growth pattern of Myotragus was thought to occur only in cold blooded animals, but in 2012 they found it is widespread in extant mammals as well.
Oh, that’s good to know! I wondered how a cold-blooded mammal could be a thing.