I'll need to double check for Mbin, but for Lemmy:
Assuming mbin is the same, you could check back in a few minutes?
On point 1:
This particular community (AMA) was created on lemmy.ca, which is an instance of lemmy hosted in Canada, but everyone is free to use it! We have a lot of general communities like that, in addition to the ones specific to Canada
The user was likely just curious if you moved, you're fine to post here or any lemmy.ca community :)
I agree and went back and forth on whether I should manually edit the thumbnail in the post. The DeArrow project is cool for replacing clickbait thumbnails, but I didn't see an easy way to paste a link and get the alternate thumbnail.
The video itself seemed decent and informative for people unfamiliar with Canadian history. As for potentially interesting things it mentioned
Why it has a lower population:
Why people settled there:
Why it is its own province:
Then the video talks about what advantages this history provides, and some other fun facts
Good note, I'll keep an eye out for anyone that might end up here on Lemmy/the fediverse :)
Looks pretty eggy to me, I think we can let them into the club!
Reminds me of this
Name:
The name Dassie Rat is derived from the Afrikaans word for a hyrax; “dassie”, and is a rather apt name as Rock Hyrax co-habit the same rocky outcrops that the Dassie Rats enjoy, and superficially, a Dassie Rat resembles a young hyrax, that is until its long fluffy tail is spotted! The Dassie Rat’s alternative name is the Noki.
Fun Facts:
Dassie Rats are well known for their ability to wedge themselves into extremely narrow crevasses from which they are almost impossible to extract. They have evolved narrow, flattened skulls and very flexible ribs to master this talent. Female Dassie Rats even have teats on the sides of their torso, rather than underneath, so that their young can nurse in the very confined and narrow spaces in which they den.
Sources:
You can also enjoy this picture of a Hyrax, which I originally got from Wikimedia Commons for this post since it was listed as a "South African Dassie", before investigating further since it did not look optimized for narrow spaces...
the page: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_African_Dassie.jpg
They resemble rabbits due to convergent evolution
Viscacha or vizcacha (UK: /vɪˈskætʃə/, US: /vɪˈskɑːtʃə/) are rodents of two genera (Lagidium and Lagostomus) in the family Chinchillidae. They are native to South America and convergently resemble rabbits
Perfect, welcome aboard!
Thanks :)
No problem!
It's hard to tell what the community is about from just the name alone
As for field mice, I think they would fit nicely (prey, mammal, tan egg)
For sure! The name is based on a meme that I saw (linked below). Since there are a lot of animals that fit that niche from around the world, I thought that it could work well as a community.
Here are my thoughts on what the community might look like. I have it in the sidebar, but I'm open to making changes based on feedback:
"When I'm a small prey mammal and I've evolved to survive the barren rocky landscape by optimizing into a tan egg"
For posts about animals that loosely fit the description above. While the animal does not have to hit all the requirements, it should hit some of them:
Origin:
Please reply here if you would like to be a moderator. I don't expect it to be too much work, and it should be perfect for someone who hasn't been a moderator before.
You can also help get the community off the ground by foraging for content and sharing cool things you find related to tan eggs (articles, photos, images etc.)
As a test: https://kbin.earth/m/[email protected]