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Top 10 Useless Limbs and Organs
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Tags: limbs, organs, useless, top, animals
Some body parts just don't serve a purpose. Here are the top 10 of those useless parts.
| 1. | The Wings on Flightless Birds |
| 2. | Hind Leg Bones in Whales |
| 3. | Erector Pili and Body Hair (smooth muscle fibers that give humans "goose bumps.") |
| 4. | The Human Tailbone (Coccyx) |
| 5. | The Blind Fish Astyanax Mexicanus (has eyes but fish are born with a remnant of an eye covered by flap of skin) |
| 6. | Wisdom Teeth in Humans |
| 7. | The Sexual Organs of Dandelions (like all flowers, have organs for sexual reproduction but don't use them.) |
| 8. | Fake Sex in Virgin Whiptail Lizards (only females exist in this species and they produce clones of themselves as a form of reproduction. Occasionally one will start to "act like a male" by attempting to copulate with another female.) |
| 9. | Male Breast Tissue and Nipples |
| 10. | The Human Appendix (main function is to help digest a largely herbivorous diet.) |
Lister:
buccicone.2
Source:
Live Science
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So true, and so interesting... and #1 is right on target! I never knew that about the lizards.. interesting.
Comment by: mlwormuth
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