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Comments on MetaFilter post Echidna BacheloretteThu, 06 Jul 2023 00:05:23 -0800Thu, 06 Jul 2023 00:05:23 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60Echidna Bachelorette
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<a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-06/echidna-mating-season-see-trains-return/102536740">During mating season, a group of [male echidnas] will start following a female, forming a line that can last several weeks.</a> post:www.metafilter.com,2023:site.199868Thu, 06 Jul 2023 00:04:35 -0800Fiasco da GamaechidnasmatingmonotremeaustraliatrainEchidnaTrainBy: Fiasco da Gama
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Sorry chariots pulled by cassowaries: you are not the only one posting Australian wildlife while the mods are asleepcomment:www.metafilter.com,2023:site.199868-8421844Thu, 06 Jul 2023 00:05:23 -0800Fiasco da GamaBy: PlusDistance
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That article is a bonanza of great user names, starting with the expert they interviewed, Georgia Badgery.comment:www.metafilter.com,2023:site.199868-8421871Thu, 06 Jul 2023 03:19:21 -0800PlusDistanceBy: lalochezia
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<em>Georgia Badgery</em>
omnivoritive determinism?comment:www.metafilter.com,2023:site.199868-8421875Thu, 06 Jul 2023 04:23:35 -0800lalocheziaBy: bitslayer
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V6N4elMVX4">Do the Conga!</a>comment:www.metafilter.com,2023:site.199868-8421879Thu, 06 Jul 2023 04:52:31 -0800bitslayerBy: ZenMasterThis
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So it's like a nightclub, then?comment:www.metafilter.com,2023:site.199868-8421887Thu, 06 Jul 2023 05:19:51 -0800ZenMasterThisBy: nat
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Except with extremely weird chromosomes. Male echidnas have 5 different X chromosomes and 4 different Ys. Females have 2 copies of each X for 10 total.
I think the weirdest part though is what they do during meiosis: in human males, the X and Y "pair" with each other. But in echidnas, the 5X's and 4Y's form a long chain. (Lots of papers about this, here's <a href="https://genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/gb-2007-8-11-r243">one</a>)
Of course the chain of males in this article has nothing whatsoever to do with the chromosomal chain but it did remind me of the monotreme's chromosomal strangeness.comment:www.metafilter.com,2023:site.199868-8421890Thu, 06 Jul 2023 05:36:49 -0800natBy: GenjiandProust
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I like the variety of echidna holding techniques illustrated in the article and others linked to it.
If you dig far enough, you can even see a platypus penis, which looks a bit like a piece of a WarHammer Chaos model....comment:www.metafilter.com,2023:site.199868-8421892Thu, 06 Jul 2023 05:44:07 -0800GenjiandProustBy: Servo5678
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Knuckles & Knuckles & Knuckles & Knuckles & Knuckles &...comment:www.metafilter.com,2023:site.199868-8421900Thu, 06 Jul 2023 05:59:23 -0800Servo5678By: Jon_Evil
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<a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5C4FnlftQt4">Ah, that's what Aretha was singing about</a>.comment:www.metafilter.com,2023:site.199868-8421917Thu, 06 Jul 2023 06:31:21 -0800Jon_EvilBy: dogbusonline
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I can't wait to see how the comic and games introduce this into Sonic lore.comment:www.metafilter.com,2023:site.199868-8422196Thu, 06 Jul 2023 13:20:43 -0800dogbusonlineBy: Night_owl
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I was going to come in with a
"What Knuckles-heads!"
But several of you beat me to much funnier Sonic jokes. I love MeFi.comment:www.metafilter.com,2023:site.199868-8422492Fri, 07 Jul 2023 06:38:00 -0800Night_owlBy: The Adventure Begins
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My spines bring all the boys to the line
And they're like, they're better than yours
Damn right, they're better than yours
You can't have them, so I'm feeling just finecomment:www.metafilter.com,2023:site.199868-8424049Mon, 10 Jul 2023 23:20:12 -0800The Adventure Begins
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