Template:Did you know nominations/Greater Egyptian jerboa

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The result was: promoted by Gatoclass (talk) 16:37, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

Greater Egyptian jerboa

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Greater Egyptian jerboa

... that at birth, the hind legs of the greater Egyptian jerboa (pictured) are no longer than the forelegs?

Reviewed: The Batten Twins

5x expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 11:34, 9 August 2015 (UTC).

Age, length, neutrality, QPQ all fine; Not plagiarised, closely paraphrased or copied in any nefarious manner as far as my investigation has revealed; one source I couldn't see but no reason to suspect that is the bad apple (or mushroom in that case). Cites where cites should be; hook hooky and cited; Picture is OK but I find it a bit creepy and wonder why you didn't use the "live" picture; either picture is fine, so you can keep this one or swap it if you want to pander to me. Good to go. Belle (talk) 13:09, 10 August 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. I have swapped the image for the live one, but I thought both of them were a bit washy-washy. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:14, 11 August 2015 (UTC)

As it stands, this hook isn't that interesting if run without the photo (which is always possible). The interesting bit is that the hind legs grow so much after starting the same size. @Belle and Cwmhiraeth: How do you both feel about an alt that includes that info?

ALT1: ... that the hind legs of the greater Egyptian jerboa (pictured) are no longer than the forelegs at birth, but grow to about four times their length? ~ Rob^Talk 17:56, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

That's OK, but the original hooks the interest without answering the raised question; the ALT isn't very hooky in my opinion as it gives the information that the reader might otherwise want to click the link to find out. Belle (talk) 22:47, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

Personally, I wouldn't even know that I'm supposed to be asking that question based on the main hook. I'll leave it for another prep builder to decide, to allow for a third opinion. ~ Rob^Talk 22:50, 14 August 2015 (UTC)