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John Byrne
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I hope this is real....
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James Johnson
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| Posted: 07 February 2020 at 5:25pm | IP Logged | 2
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So do I.
It's moments like this captured on camera that make the animal world so special.
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Petter Myhr Ness
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Whenever we think ourselves above animals, we should look at that picture. And to think we've made the orangutans nearly extinct.
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Gundars Berzins
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A smile and a nod.
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Ron Grant
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fyi orangutans have both opposable thumbs and toes
https://youtu.be/i0re_7FUvH4
Edited by Ron Grant on 11 February 2020 at 11:25pm
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John Byrne
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A Looking Glass moment. When I was a child a CBC science show told me only humans have opposable thumbs. If you’re feeling down about the human race, it said, just touch the tip of your thumb to the tip of the other four fingers. Therein lies Civilization. Now, no?
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Ron Grant
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| Posted: 28 February 2020 at 9:00pm | IP Logged | 7
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Here's 10 things we can do
LinkAnd this tidbit
vindicates the CBC"Contrary to popular
misconceptions, humans are not the only
animals to possess opposable thumbs — most
primates do. (Unlike the rest of the great
apes, we don't have opposable big toes on our
feet.) What makes humans unique is how we can
bring our thumbs all the way across the hand
to our ring and little fingers. We can also
flex the ring and little fingers toward the
base of our thumb. "
Edited by Ron Grant on 28 February 2020 at 9:11pm
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Rebecca Jansen
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Cool, I can believe this easily... and I say that as a Koko debunker. So eventually we might get a Dr. Zaius!
Are people with Marfan's syndrome more advanced? They can touch their thumbs to their wrists. Joey Ramone could've been in the X-Men!
Edited by Rebecca Jansen on 28 February 2020 at 11:03pm
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Doug Centers
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...and in my "party pooper" way, I see the inquisitive orangutan reaching for the scythe. Sorry.
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 29 February 2020 at 12:05pm | IP Logged | 10
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I was looking at those ape hands and thinking there was no way they could cross their thumbs all the way to the ring and pinky fingers. Vindicated indeed!
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