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missdaredevil

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Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 5:49 am Post subject: opposable thumb

What is opposable thumb? Thanks

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pugachevV

Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 9:23 am Post subject:

It means your thumb works on the opposite plane to your fingers. This makes it possible to grasp things between finger and thumb.

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JuanValdez

Joined: 12 Nov 2005
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Location: Somewhere in Middle America

Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2005 9:40 am Post subject: Re: opposable thumb

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missdaredevil wrote:

What is *opposable thumb*?

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Humans are apes, you know.

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