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"When I'm a small prey mammal and I've evolved to survive the barren rocky landscape by optimizing into a tan egg"

For posts about animals that loosely fit the description above. While the animal does not have to hit all the requirements, it should hit some of them:

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Mouse deer like chevrotains and Java mouse deer are considered living fossils because they are thought to be the most primitive ruminants (infosec.pub)
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[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 26 points 2 months ago (2 children)

ruminant

1. an even-toed ungulate mammal that chews the cud regurgitated from its rumen. The ruminants comprise the cattle, sheep, antelopes, deer, giraffes, and their relatives.

[–] LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 months ago

Neat, I'm gonna ruminate on this new fact

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

So has hoofs a chews cud. Good to know he's kosher or halal.