Did you know: there’s a mathematical formula that uses the length of a skinks toes and the length of its tail to determine how arboreal the species is?

Also, skinks wanna be your friend!

[–] lote@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Subscribed! More, please!

[–] Sammy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Skinks are a social reptile! Unlike more solitary species, skinks can and do congregate.

Often for quinceañeras!

[–] JargonWagon@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I don't know how to subscribe, but I want to! c/skinkfacts incoming?

[–] Sammy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Regretfully I only have two skink facts. If you’d like, I can start making them up? Or replacing real facts with skinks?

Did you know the Ancient Egyptians worshiped skinks (crocodiles) for the way they protect their young? And the temple in Skinkodopolis, priests would bejewel these skinks, and mummify them along with pets and servants.

[–] JargonWagon@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

I want to believe these are real, because what a world we would live in if they were!

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yay! Did you know there's a genus of skinks that have green blood?

[–] Sammy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago

Wow! Now I have three cool skink facts! Thank you!

[–] atomicorange@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

Scientists have not conclusively determined which species of skink is the cutest. But it’s this one.