SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-23 days agoAre 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-23 days agomessage-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-up15·3 days agoI 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-up4·3 days agoCorrect. 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.