#goldenmole — Public Fediverse posts

@ScienceScholar Since the headline raises a question that is only answered in the paywalled article and the image without alt text, here is the list of 12 myrmecophages that have evolved over the past 66 million years:

mongoose
aardwolf
sloth bear
pangolin
echidna
numbat
anteater
aardvark
golden mole
tenrec
elephant shrew

#science #myrmecophagy #anteater #ConvergentEvolution #evolution #mongoose #aardwolf #SlothBear #pangolin #echidna #numbat #aardvark #GoldenMole #tenrec #ElephantShrew

Greasy Yet Adorable #Mole Resurfaces After Hiding Out For 8 Decades --
Guess who's back, back again? The #DeWinton's #goldenmole

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dewintons-golden-mole-found_n_656b5640e4b066e398b7ad12
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/01/world/de-winton-golden-mole-rediscovered-c2e-scn-spc-intl/index.html
https://go.skimresources.com/?id=38395X987171&xs=1&xcust=656b5640e4b066e398b7ad12&url=https%3A%2F%2Flink.springer.com%2Farticle%2F10.1007%2Fs10531-023-02728-2

Back from the brink: sand-swimming #GoldenMole, feared #extinct rediscovered after 86 years https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/30/back-from-the-brink-de-wintons-golden-mole-feared-extinct-rediscovered-after-86-years-aoe

"An elusive, iridescent golden mole not recorded since before the second world war has been rediscovered swimming in the sand in north-west #SouthAfrica.

It gets its 'golden' name from oily secretions that lubricate its fur so it can swim through sand #dunes. This means it does not create conventional tunnels, making it all the harder to detect."