• istoff@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    A famous philosopher pondered why seals can balance balls. They don’t need to in the wild. Could a tiger play the banjo? Who’s gonna try?

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      1 year ago

      The seal thing isn’t a huge surprise; they need a lot of fine nose control to swim and hunt efficiently. The same way we need hand eye coordination and can balance balls with our hands.