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The bit about creating latches that require opposable thumbs is vaguely troubling to me. Creating selection pressure for opposable thumbs in raccoons (or some f
by EvanAnderson 11y ago
The bit about creating latches that require opposable thumbs is vaguely troubling to me. Creating selection pressure for opposable thumbs in raccoons (or some functionally similar anatomy like the sesamoid in pandas) seems like a very bad idea. Raccoons with opposable thumbs are nightmare fuel to me.
ed: Misspelling. Thanks!
- daveguy 11y agosesamoid -- for easier googling. Fascinating. I never knew that. Thank you!
- taneq 11y agoI'm guessing you really didn't enjoy Guardians of the Galaxy then?
- disconcision 11y agoi've wondered what pest animals might become given a million-year urban civilization. hands for sure. racoons become elves, miniature versions of ourselves, lurking in the shadows.
- EvanAnderson 11y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8436265 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8436265