this post was submitted on 06 Dec 2024
645 points (99.5% liked)

Science Memes

11404 readers
2170 users here now

Welcome to c/science_memes @ Mander.xyz!

A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.

Rules

  1. Don't throw mud. Behave like an intellectual and remember the human.
  2. Keep it rooted (on topic).
  3. No spam.
  4. Infographics welcome, get schooled.

This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.

Research Committee

Other Mander Communities

Science and Research

Biology and Life Sciences

Physical Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

Practical and Applied Sciences

Memes

Miscellaneous

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
645
graceful wombats (mander.xyz)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
22 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

While there are actually several new world marsupials, I'm fairly certain that they're all opossums.

[โ€“] SuperApples 2 points 1 week ago

opossums

Oh, interesting! I never realised Opossums are actually marsupials. I don't think I'll start feeding wild ones apple slices and petting them like we do brushtail possums, though.

I just came across this chunky Indonesian boy on wikipedia.