• Brokkr@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Would you please elaborate on your question? What do you mean by an elastic skeletal system?

    Can you give an example, even if fictional?

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      4 months ago

      Sort of like you see in cartoons, a terrestrial animal that could be “squished” without breaking any bones and goes back to their non-squished state. It’s something I think is more observable in aquatic life, like say octopuses that can squeeze themselves into small spaces.

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        4 months ago

        While there may be examples of what you are thinking of, I think the most common solution developed by evolution is invertebrates without an exoskeleton, meaning no skeletal structure at all.