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TIL Bats are the only mammals whose knees bend backwards.

by whatilearned January 26, 2022, 1:30 pm

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TIL there’s a group of mammals that don’t give live birth and lay eggs instead. They’re called monotremes

by whatilearned January 12, 2022, 10:07 pm

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TIL that long-beaked echidnas have four-headed penises and are known as monotremes, meaning egg laying mammals. This perhaps hints at early mammalian evolution from reptiles. These guys are sadly critically endangered owing to habitat loss!

by whatilearned December 10, 2021, 11:58 am

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TIL Bats Are The “Only Mammals That Can Fly”. Few other mammal species such as the flying squirrels, despite the name, can’t actually fly, and can only “glide” from one tree to another due to not having wings.

by whatilearned November 14, 2021, 2:04 pm

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TIL Rats are part of the animal group Rodentia. This group constitutes 40% of all mammals and consists of animals where their upper and lower incisors continuously grow. This largely is why rodents constantly chew and cause so much damage to property.

by whatilearned November 2, 2021, 2:05 am

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TIL that pangolins are mammals. They’re the only mammals with scales.

by whatilearned October 16, 2021, 3:45 pm

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TIL elephants, manatees and kangaroos are mammals that regrow teeth (polyphodont) as opposed to most other mammals that have just two sets of teeth (diphyodonts)

by whatilearned October 14, 2021, 1:54 pm

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TIL orcas have specialized cultures who hunt differently. In the Pacific Northwest resident orcas feed on salmon and communicate freely, transient orcas feed on marine mammals using stealth, and offshore orcas may feed on sharks. Although the same species, no interbreeding has been observed.

by whatilearned October 13, 2021, 6:51 am

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TIL That most cats are lactose intolerant and should not have milk. Despite what TV and cartoons have told me my whole life , milk is a no no for most cats . Cats are mammals and mostly lactose intolerant. After the breastfeeding period mammals slowly lose the enzyme to break down Lactose

by whatilearned October 7, 2021, 6:34 am

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TIL bird brains pack neurons much more densely than mammals allowing some birds to have a total brain cell count comparable to primates

by whatilearned September 25, 2021, 9:56 pm

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TIL that due to the fact that they spend the majority of their lives on sea ice, polar bears are classified as marine mammals, like dolphins, seals, and whales.

by whatilearned September 13, 2021, 2:37 pm

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TIL The absence of land mammals in New Zealand allowed birds to become dominant, and with fewer threats from predators many species became flightless. NZ is home to the most flightless birds having 16 out of the 60 species worldwide.

by whatilearned September 4, 2021, 6:05 am

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