🐝🦔 The lowland streaked tenrec of #Madagascar looks like a cross between a #bumblebee and a #hedgehog, but its most amazing trait is how it speaks.

🦔 The lowland streaked tenrec of #Madagascar looks like a cross between a #bumblebee and a #hedgehog, but its most amazing trait is how it speaks.

It's the only #mammal known to use stridulation – rubbing special quills on its back together to create high-pitched chirps – to keep its family group together in the #rainforest.

https://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/lowland-streaked-tenrec

#wildlife #nature #zoology #weird #mammals #evolution #animals