Re: I feel embarrassed to ask this, but...

[Jura <pristichampsus@yahoo.com>]

--- Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au> wrote:
 
> Has anyone ever noticed that in great apes at least,
> the forefinger always 
> seems to be a good fit for the nostril? I've seen
> gorillas picking their 
> nose (with gusto), and their big thick forefingers
> also happen to fit 
> snuggly into their wide nostrils. I suspect a
> similar correlation between 
> our smallest digits and our ear canals. It's like
> nature *wants* us to stick 
> our fingers in various cranial orifices. 

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I can just hear the precocious 6 year old boys now. 

"It's okay mom, nature says so."

Jason

"I am impressed by the fact that we know less about many modern [reptile] types 
than we do of many fossil groups." - Alfred S. Romer