Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 7 days agoNo, I don't know what a rabbit is, nor do I care.slrpnk.netimagemessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up1379arrow-down14
arrow-up1375arrow-down1imageNo, I don't know what a rabbit is, nor do I care.slrpnk.netTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.net to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square24linkfedilink
minus-squareTempus Fugit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·7 days agoTIL cassowary eggs are vibrant green.
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 days agoAll (chicken, at least…probably other species too) eggs start out white…but pigments get added near the end of the egg development process. That’s how my girls have eggs in many different colors.
minus-squareCatoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·7 days agoI wonder at which point ‘where did I leave my eggs?’ becomes a greater evolutionary pressure than ‘I need to hide my eggs’, because I’m assuming cassowaries haven’t had to worry about the latter for a while!
minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoCassowaries are quite capable of defending their eggs, nothing in their environment is a threat to them
minus-squareRagallos@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 days agoSame, those are crazy looking!
TIL cassowary eggs are vibrant green.
All (chicken, at least…probably other species too) eggs start out white…but pigments get added near the end of the egg development process.
That’s how my girls have eggs in many different colors.
I wonder at which point ‘where did I leave my eggs?’ becomes a greater evolutionary pressure than ‘I need to hide my eggs’, because I’m assuming cassowaries haven’t had to worry about the latter for a while!
Cassowaries are quite capable of defending their eggs, nothing in their environment is a threat to them
Same, those are crazy looking!