SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-210 个月前Are animals right or left 'handed'?message-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up146arrow-down1message-squareAre animals right or left 'handed'?SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-210 个月前message-square9fedilinkfile-text
And if so what are the ratios? Are they as dominantly righties as humans? I mean do they have a handedness
minus-squareT Jedi@bolha.forumlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·10 个月前I remember seeing somewhere that you can know the handedness of an elephant by looking at its tusks. The smaller tusk is the one that is used the most.
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 个月前Correct. Elephant tusks are used for (amongst other things) digging, and on most of them, the right side tusk is more worn down.
I remember seeing somewhere that you can know the handedness of an elephant by looking at its tusks. The smaller tusk is the one that is used the most.
Correct. Elephant tusks are used for (amongst other things) digging, and on most of them, the right side tusk is more worn down.