mammalian
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Many longtime residents have developed habits to calm their minds during these exceptional conditions — meditation, a dip in the ocean to trigger the calming mammalian dive response, support groups to talk through the pain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Similarly, the development of the neocortex, which is exclusively mammalian and, according to Lori Marino of the Whale Sanctuary Project, provides for “self-awareness, social cognition, some form of memory, problem solving.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
It wasn’t painful, but after several weeks I developed alpha-gal syndrome, an increasingly common allergy to red meat, dairy and other mammalian food products.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
"As bats are the only mammals known to have evolved true powered flight, our findings point to Europe as the most likely place where mammalian powered flight first evolved," added Professor Teeling.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
As a result of this fundamental inefficiency, no mammalian carnivore has ever been domesticated for food.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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