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"Guess the animal I'm thinking of! Clue: it's a type of bat" (lemmy.world)
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[–] problematicPanther 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

fun fact, bats are members of the Sctrotifera clade, along with some other mammals that have scrotums. Interestingly, primates are not members of this clade.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Wait bats have scrotums??

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Wait, does that mean that we evolved our scrotums independently from other mammals..?

[–] problematicPanther 3 points 8 months ago

I think that's exactly what that means. I'm not a biologist though.