Do all animals that have hands, grasping paws have it in their nature to be "right-handed or left" like humans
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Yes, although for a long time, it was assumed that most animals had a 50/50 chance of being right-handed, it is now generally accepted that most (just like humans) are predominantly right-handed. This has wide-ranging implications for the study of human lateralisation.\n\nGo to www.pubmed.org and search 'laterality' and 'animals', you'll get many studies on the topic.\n\nall the best, hope that helps!
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Yes. \n\nMost chimpanzees are, in fact, left handed. This may have been a contributing factor in the speciation of humans and chimpanzees from each other.
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All mammals are set up on a bilateral plan. Two arms, two legs, two eyes, two ears, two nostrils, two halves of the mouth and ideally are identical on either side. It has to do with the way the cells divide. So, humans would have to have an even number of nipples to maintain this symmetry.
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This is a myth. Polar bears are observed using either paw, though I would suppose there are " lefties " and " righties ". They do not cover their noses when hunting, either.
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This would include people that used the left hand to remove defecation in olden times.  Sorry, I know this is a bit "earthy," but it's where it comes from, added to the fact that ancient people considered the left side the "evil" or gauche side of the body.
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The left hand is the window to your soul. It is your creative side. A cat signifies Independence, resource fullness, being able to relax, and the ability to always land on your feet. A bite is a definite way of getting your attention. Perhaps the cat is trying to tell you that you need to pay more attention to your creative side. Not everything is about the physical. It is perfectly to take a rest once in a while and just spend a day dreaming or creating something new. I hope this helps.
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I'm not sure but my aunt had twins- she is left handed and so is her son\nMy cousin is left handed and had twins\nI have twins but neither is left handed\n\nSo twins and left handedness runs in my family
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I beg to differ with andyman_69. Other animals use tools. Other animals have languages. What is interesting is that so far, humans have not had much luck at deciphering their languages and have had more success at teaching them ours, either sign language or recently, to even use typewritten words displayed on a computer screen to communicate. \n\nOn top of this, there are many other behaviors that we share in common with our closest animal relatives. More than we would care to admit, I suspect. Then there is the remarkable genetic evidence that is slowly becoming more and more impressive. \n\nIt is all extremely interesting. What interests me more, is, what is consciousness? Do only humans have it? Or only a small number of other species?\n\nAnd if that is so, why? \n\nIf God did it, how? \n\nAnd I am not just referring to biblical references, but hard data and evidence that we can test in the laboratory.
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Monkeys have opposable thumbs, meaning they can touch the top of their thumb against the top of their fingers, thus making holding things much easier.\n\nThey don't have retractable thumbs. That would mean that they could pull their thumbs back into their hands, like the comic character Wolverine does with his claws and like cats do with their claws.
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Placentarian mammals do (not the platypus or equidna)
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The custom in the middle east to this day is use the left hand for personal needs and the right hand for greeting and eating.  The Bible does tell that he washed the feet of the apostles, and that his were washed by tears.
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Monkeys have 1/1 canine teeth (per side) just like we do.  Many, such as baboons, have canines that actually look like canines instead of the incisor-like canines that we have.
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I am the opposite of you. I am a left handed but i mostly do things with my right, I've been told that such persons who use both hands for something are balanced, they don't do everything with one hand. :)
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Snail shells can be either right-handed (as you\nhave described) or left-handed, although the\nright-handed ones are much more common.  Even\nin the same species of snail an occasional one\nwill come out with handedness opposite to the\nusual.  The handedness seems to be fixed by\nthe tilt of the spindle during the earliest cell\ndivisions of the embryo.  If the spindle leans one\nway the result is a right-handed shell, if it leans the\nother way, left-handed.  Why right-handed is more\ncommon no one seems to know.  It may be just\na historical accident.
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Not true.  He made this up.  Count the toes on your dog or cat; they have 4 plus a dew claw (that "thumb" on their heal).  Most mammals have 5 digits.  Our pinkies were going nowhere.
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Humans are symmetrical organisms. Cranial nerves are paired to provide innervation for the left and right.
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its hard to assign a foot posture to a bird, unless it is a bird that doesnt fly such as a penguin or emu. they have plantigrade foot posture. I do believe other birds are technically plantigrade, but are usually assigned names based on the type of foot. Ie, a raptor would have raptorial feet, a duck palmate, and so on. I would assume bats are the same,but since they dont use their feet for locomotion, its a hard thing to define. good question