#mammal

We haven't been able yet to determine in terms of genes what makes a human being a human and not another mammal. ↗

— Walter Gilbert

#another #been #being #determine #genes

However, further research has shown that it is the normal condition for humans and for most other mammals. It seems pretty clear why this is the case for most mammals and for most human beings. ↗

— Marvin Harris

#case #clear #condition #further #however

I am really a sea creature. Just a mammal that lost its fins. ↗

— Kathleen Quinlan

#creature #fins #i #i am #just

Camels can go many weeks without drinking anything at all. The notion that they cache water in their humps is pure myth—their humps are made of fat, and water is stored in their body tissues. While other mammals draw water from bloodstreams when faced with dehydration, leading to death by volume shock, camels tap the water in their tissues, keeping their blood volume stable. Though this reduces the camel’s bulk, they can lose up to a third of their body weight with no ill effects, which they can replace astonishingly quickly, as they are able to drink up to forty gallons in a single watering.” (pp.69-70) ↗

— Michael Benanav

#bloodstream #body-tissues #body-weight #camels #death

Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us different from other animals. It's our need to believe and to surrender our skepticism and our reason, our yearning to discard that and put all our trust or faith in someone or something, that is the sinister thing to me. ... Out of all the virtues, all the supposed virtues, faith must be the most overrated ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#atheism #faith #mammals #religion #virtue

Mammals of every species indulge in play. Games are Nature's way of preparing us to face difficult realities. ↗

— Daniel Suarez

#human #mammals #nature #play #nature

The difference between humans and other mammals is that we know how to accessorize. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#difference #how #humans #know #mammals

To me it seems that the warm blooded dinosaurs replaced advanced mammal ancestors that were warm blooded, also. ↗

— Robert T. Bakker

#also #ancestors #blooded #dinosaurs #mammal

That work led to the emergence of the recombinant DNA technology thereby providing a major tool for analyzing mammalian gene structure and function and formed the basis for me receiving the 1980 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. ↗

— Paul Berg

#basis #chemistry #dna #emergence #formed

It's very likely that most mammals have consciousness, and probably birds, too. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#consciousness #likely #mammals #most #probably