10/08/2008

Are there any animals left-handed?

All the animals most commonly used as another limb, due to a neurological phenomenon known as lateralization.

For example, 88% of humans are right-handed, while wild chimpanzees using tools such as sticks to hunt termites prefer to grasp with his left hand, as demonstrated by Elizabeth V. Lonsdorf of the University of Chicago. Curiously, those bred in captivity are skilled, perhaps because they mimic their caregivers.

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