Mammals have a pretty canonical blueprint . Among other thing , we give birthing to live new , we ’re strong - blooded , and , perhaps most obviously , we all have fuzz . ( Yes , even dolphins . ) But in the butter churn of natural selection , some mammal ended up with process that count like they should be detect on a reptilian , hoot , or insect . That ’s convergent organic evolution for you : Why should reptilian be the only ones to enjoy the protection of shell , or birds the benefits of webbed fundament ? This list is be of mammals who have distinctly been have pages from other playbooks .
This story was to begin with published on May 7 , 2021 .
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A white-bellied pangolin rescued in Uganda last year.Photo: Photo by ISAAC KASAMANI/AFP via Getty Images (Getty Images)
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