What’s that spiky critter? It’s the lowland streaked #tenrec (Hemicentetes semispinosus). This mammal’s yellow and black quills provide protection from predators, but also serve as a means of communication! The lowland streaked tenrec can rattle its quill tips together, producing a high-pitched sound that’s thought to signal others of its kind.

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@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

Il tenrec di pianura del Madagascar, elegante sibilo d’aculei dal contrasto evidente

Una notevole quanto insolita commistione di percorsi evolutivi converge nell'ordine dei mammiferi Afrosoricidi, al tempo stesso simili, ma geneticamente distinti dai comuni roditori dell'Eurasia e del Nuovo Mondo. Creature nate al fine di occupare un ampio ventaglio di nicchie di appartenenza, ecologicamente inclini a richiedere notevoli adattamenti e doti dall'alto grado di specificità. Ed è...

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Adjuro Simul
2021 art

I normally draw this tenrec as the split forms (Ignis the blue tenrec in image 3, and Fulgar the orange tenrec in image 4) and rarely the actual character themself.

For context Adjuro is not a fusion character, Ignis and Fulgar are just when they split themselves to cover more ground etc. as it’s easier to do that as two bodies instead of one.

Other than some outward personality differences, they’re identical and are always mentally connected as Adjuro.

Have you worked out what Adjuro’s true elemental theme is?

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Adjuro Simul

I did a doodle of Adjuro last month and I wanted to actually render it! Adjuro isn't also usually this buff but I wanted to do something different. I normally draw this tenrec as the split forms (Ignis the blue tenrec in image 3, and Fulgar the orange tenrec in image 4) and rarely the actual char

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Since making my Granny, I've come across two other lovely elderly ladies! So I drew us a little granny club x3

My Granny Greymuzzle (sheep)
Tempo_Roboson @ FA (Himalayan Cat)
And Pomshkas @ Twitter (Lesser Tenrec / Pygmy Hedgehog)

#Granny #Graymuzzle #Granny-Greymuzzle #Grey #Muzzle #Sheep #Ewe #Tempo_Robinson #Tempo #Robinson #Himalayan #Cat #Feline #Pomshkas #Lesser #Tenrec #Pygmy #Hedgehog #Female #Women #Elderly #Old #Afternoon #Tea #Vintage #Ladies #Grandma #Grandmother #Furry #Anthro

Did you know... The streaked tenrec (relative of the common hedgehog tenrec) communicate by rubbing its unique quills to make high pitched ultrasonic calls to each other? These pale communication quills look like rows of tiny pointed teeth compared to the rest of its darker quills. Native to Madagascar. Fact discovered in the 1960s.

#mammal #nature #animal #fact #science #mastodonian #earth #tenrec #photo #madagascar

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