A baby and adult capybara - the largest extant rodent species.
A pika - a small lagomorph (not a rodent) native mostly to mountains in North America, Asia, and Eastern Europe.
A cheetah cub. Cheetahs are unfortunately suffering from a dangerous lack of genetic diversity due to a population bottleneck from about ten thousand years ago. This means their population is drastically inbred, resulting in low fertility levels and other health problems that threaten their survival.
A pika - a small lagomorph (not a rodent) native mostly to mountains in North America, Asia, and Eastern Europe.
A cheetah cub. Cheetahs are unfortunately suffering from a dangerous lack of genetic diversity due to a population bottleneck from about ten thousand years ago. This means their population is drastically inbred, resulting in low fertility levels and other health problems that threaten their survival.
So, there you have it. Three adorable pictures with a little bit of trivia to go along with them. Now it's time to go back to preparing my presentation...
4 comments:
Greatest. post. ever!
Good luck tomorrow. Remember when you are up there embarrassing yourself that no one will remember your talk in 10 years.
I adore you for this post! Your talk will go wonderfully, you're brilliant and have nothing to worry about!
I agree with Robert and Sarah: particularly Robert's comment about 10 years from now. How fortunate to have someone like Sarah confirm your brilliance! Furry creatures were cute and adorable. Explain to me what "Open Id" and "Name URL" mean and I might utilize one of them instead of the ubiquitous "Anonymous".
If you need help getting anything explained to you, send me an email. I can give it a shot...
As for my talk being remembered in 10 years, I would be impressed if it was remembered in one...
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