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[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Is there an evolutionary explanation for why they had short arms? I was being rather flippant, but this is actually fascinating.

[–] Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I think PBS Eons actually did an episode on this. Iirc long arms would get in the way

Edit: found it!

[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 8 months ago

So my takeaway from this is that if I had an enormous tail implanted for counterbalance, I could also have my arms shortened in an act of extreme body modification.

(But seriously, that was super interesting. Thanks for posting.)