TIL pandas are one of the few animals with opposable thumbs - but the "thumb" develops from a wrist bone, so when looking at pandas, it looks as though they have six fingers

Lemmit.Online bot · 7 months ago

TIL pandas are one of the few animals with opposable thumbs - but the "thumb" develops from a wrist bone, so when looking at pandas, it looks as though they have six fingers

Mobiuthuselah@lemm.ee · 7 months ago

The same gene codes for an extension in a leg bone that makes it difficult to walk. The advantage gained from being able to strip leaves off bamboo with the pseudo-thumb outweighed the disadvantage of decreased mobility.

TIL pandas are one of the few animals with opposable thumbs - but the "thumb" develops from a wrist bone, so when looking at pandas, it looks as though they have six fingers

TIL pandas are one of the few animals with opposable thumbs - but the "thumb" develops from a wrist bone, so when looking at pandas, it looks as though they have six fingers

When is a thumb a thumb?

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