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Baby Indian elephants have latent mammoth genes

Asian elephants are descended from a common ancestor of mammoths (🦣) and are covered in hair when they are born

Who knew?

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by Anonymousreply 5June 12, 2025 4:45 PM

Dollface thread.

by Anonymousreply 1June 12, 2025 2:07 PM

I love watching them walk

by Anonymousreply 2June 12, 2025 2:28 PM

Cuteness overload!

by Anonymousreply 3June 12, 2025 3:55 PM

Well yes, modern elephants and mammoths share a common ancestor. But so do we and tarsiers.

You can share a common ancestor and still be profoundly different. Tyrannosaurs and house sparrows also share a common ancestor.

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by Anonymousreply 4June 12, 2025 4:10 PM

He's so small!

by Anonymousreply 5June 12, 2025 4:45 PM
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