From Bizarre Beasts.
In the evolutionary arms race between predator and prey, mammals have mostly gotten the short end of the stick when it comes to body armor.
There are, of course, a few exceptions to this rule… And that makes these super-healing spiny mice super weird mammals.
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Images:
Thumbnail: Edward L. Stanley, PhD
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/reg2.50
Link rat (Deomys ferrugineus), probably the most specialized lowland rainforest rodent of Africa. Sangha Lodge, CAR. #mammalwatching pic.twitter.com/pLTZlOCj53
— Vladimir Dinets (@VladimirDinets) February 22, 2017
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https://youtu.be/ETraLlLE2Ws?si=WIQuCATHedoRXM2V
