gedaliyah@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL humans are the only animal with a chin. We aren't sure why.www.smithsonianmag.comexternal-linkmessage-square156fedilinkarrow-up1327arrow-down110
arrow-up1317arrow-down1external-linkTIL humans are the only animal with a chin. We aren't sure why.www.smithsonianmag.comgedaliyah@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square156fedilink
minus-squarePythagreousTitties@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·edit-22 months 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-squareAwesomeLowlander@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoJaw vs chin, I’m guessing the difference is fairly small.
minus-squarePythagreousTitties@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 months 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.