QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 29 days agowhy is it called a "monkeys paw" if they're practically just hands?sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up1118arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1117arrow-down1imagewhy is it called a "monkeys paw" if they're practically just hands?sh.itjust.worksQuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 29 days agomessage-square20linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBroadfern@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·29 days agoIf you’re cute and fuzzy, it’s a paw. If you’re big, tailless, and (mostly) hairless (read:ape), it’s a hand. Wikipedia refers to upper gorilla extremities as arms and hands: A 2018 study investigating the hand posture of 77 mountain gorillas[…] I have no actual idea but that’s my general guess.
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·28 days agoDwarves have paws, elves have hands
minus-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·29 days agoThough I wouldn’t claim it to be an objective truth, my wife has previously declared me both cute and fuzzy. Though I may have (consensually) pawed at her on occasion, she’s never claimed that I have paws.
If you’re cute and fuzzy, it’s a paw.
If you’re big, tailless, and (mostly) hairless (read:ape), it’s a hand. Wikipedia refers to upper gorilla extremities as arms and hands:
I have no actual idea but that’s my general guess.
Dwarves have paws, elves have hands
dwarves have mitts
Though I wouldn’t claim it to be an objective truth, my wife has previously declared me both cute and fuzzy.
Though I may have (consensually) pawed at her on occasion, she’s never claimed that I have paws.