@gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 7 days agoTIL humans are the only animal with a chin. We aren't sure why.www.smithsonianmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square158fedilinkarrow-up1491arrow-down114cross-posted to: til@lemmy.catodayilearned@lemmit.online
arrow-up1477arrow-down1external-linkTIL humans are the only animal with a chin. We aren't sure why.www.smithsonianmag.com@gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 7 days agomessage-square158fedilinkcross-posted to: til@lemmy.catodayilearned@lemmit.online
minus-square@PythagreousTitties@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish8•edit-26 days agoI scratch my cats chin all the time. What are you on about? (Edit: I be wrong. There’s no chin there) https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-8be44/images/stencil/1280x1280/products/2549/4697/CatSkeletalAnatomy__24888.1345374154.jpg?c=2
minus-squareAwesomeLowlanderlinkfedilinkEnglish7•7 days agoJaw vs chin, I’m guessing the difference is fairly small.
minus-square@PythagreousTitties@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish5•6 days agoLooked at wiki. The chin apparently is just the part of bone that juts out under the lower lip. So yeah, no chin on the cat.
I scratch my cats chin all the time. What are you on about? (Edit: I be wrong. There’s no chin there)
https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-8be44/images/stencil/1280x1280/products/2549/4697/CatSkeletalAnatomy__24888.1345374154.jpg?c=2
Jaw vs chin, I’m guessing the difference is fairly small.
Looked at wiki. The chin apparently is just the part of bone that juts out under the lower lip. So yeah, no chin on the cat.