Do any animals have six fingers?

Aye-Ayes Have More Digits Than Any Other Primate, And It's Just Too Weird. One of the most elusive and peculiar lemurs in the world has just escalated the weirdness. The animal has six digits on its hands, making it the only known primate species to sport a "pseudothumb" hiding in the wrist of each arm.
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Do any animals have 6 fingers?

New research shows that the little lemurs, ugly enough to rouse superstitions in their home range in Madagascar, sport an extra tiny thumb complete with fingerprints, giving these animals six fingers.
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What animals have 6 claws?

While most cats have five toes on their front paws and four toes on their back paws, polydactyl cats can have six (or more) on each paw. Polydactyly is a genetic abnormality that results in extra digits and is more common in certain geographic regions of the world compared to others.
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Do monkeys have 6 toes?

Primates have five fingers on their hand and five toes on their feet. Most species have fingernails instead of claws and they have touch-sensitive pads on each of their digits. The hands and feet of all primates, except for humans, are designed for grasping.
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How many fingers do aye-aye have?

The species possesses five fingers on each hand and a pseudo-thumb, a distinct bony digit that does not occur in any other primate. All the fingers have pointed claws, as do the toes except for the large opposable flat-nailed great toes.
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How many fingers does a spider monkey have?

Unlike virtually every other primate, spider monkeys have no thumbs, which could snag on the branches. Instead, their four long fingers form a perfect hook to help them swing on branches.
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What animal never stops growing?

But it's true about kangaroos — they indeed never stop growing. The skeletons of kangaroos and the larger wallabies continue to grow – slowly – throughout their lives. There are many other kinds of animals with the capacity for unlimited growth. For example, invertebrates, such as corals, never stop growing.
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How big is a gorilla hand?

In addition to adaptations for walking and climbing, a notable difference between gorilla and human hands is their size. The average male gorilla's hand is 6 inches across and 12 inches long.
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Can humans breed with any other animals?

Probably not. Ethical considerations preclude definitive research on the subject, but it's safe to say that human DNA has become so different from that of other animals that interbreeding would likely be impossible.
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Do rats have hands?

Rats only have four fingers on each front paw, and lack opposable thumbs. They do have little thumb-like nubbins however, and the muscles in their palms help grip their food. Rats are also lacking canine teeth, tonsils and gallbladders.
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Are there animals with 6 toes?

One of the most elusive and peculiar lemurs in the world has just escalated the weirdness. The animal has six digits on its hands, making it the only known primate species to sport a "pseudothumb" hiding in the wrist of each arm.
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Can a bear have 6 toes?

As its name suggests, the six-clawed bear has six toes on each foot, each with massive claws used to for gripping prey of any size.
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Do bears have 6 claws?

Bears have four paws with five claws on each. Their paws are between 5-6 inches wide and 7-11 inches long. Bears use their powerful paws, and sharp claws, to maul their prey.
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What does it mean when you are born with 12 fingers?

Polydactyly is a condition in which a baby is born with one or more extra fingers. It is a common condition that often runs in families. The extra fingers are usually small and abnormally developed. Polydactyly is one of the most common congenital (present at birth) hand abnormalities.
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How common is 6 fingers?

An estimated one in every 700–1,000 babies is born with polydactyly, which means they have extra fingers on their hands or extra toes on their feet or both. Because polydactyly is so unusual, some people may consider it a malformation or anomaly.
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How many fingers do pandas have?

A panda's paw has six digits—five fingers and an opposable pseudo-thumb (actually an enlarged wrist bone) it uses merely to hold bamboo while eating. 7.
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Can chimpanzee sperm fertilize human egg?

There are documented cases of Soviet experiments in the 1920s where artificial insemination was attempted using female chimps and human sperm. However, none of these experiments resulted in a pregnancy, much less the birth of a 'humanzee'.
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What animal mate the longest?

1. Brown antechinus. For two weeks every mating season, a male will mate as much as physically possible, sometimes having sex for up to 14 hours at a time, flitting from one female to the next.
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Can a pig and dog have babies?

Reports about pig-dog hybrids are not abundant. Indeed, claims that other bizarre crosses involving dogs (e.g., dog-cow hybrids or human-dog hybrids) or pigs (e.g., pig-human hybrids) are quite a bit more common. Some reports about this type of cross do, however, exist.
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How big is a gorilla PP size?

Though we doubt you've actually compared members with a gorilla, that's right: gorilla junk is only about the size of your pinkie.
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Who would win grizzly or gorilla?

Although a silverback gorilla is very fast, quite strong, and has a longer arm span, there is no way a silverback could defeat the much larger and faster grizzly bear in a fair fight.
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How hard can a gorilla punch?

It is believed that a gorilla punch is strong enough to shatter your skull with one slam of its arm:/Between 1300 to 2700 pounds of force. Gorillas on (avg. 400 lbs) have a muscle mass density almost 4 times higher than the most heavily muscled powerful human you know.
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What animal has 32 brains?

Leech has 32 brains. A leech's internal structure is segregated into 32 separate segments, and each of these segments has its own brain. Leech is an annelid.
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What animal never dies?

To date, there's only one species that has been called 'biologically immortal': the jellyfish Turritopsis dohrnii. These small, transparent animals hang out in oceans around the world and can turn back time by reverting to an earlier stage of their life cycle.
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What animal has no brain?

Almost all animals have a brain, but there are a few exceptions. There is one organism that has no brain or nervous tissue of any kind: the sponge. Sponges are simple animals, surviving on the sea floor by taking nutrients into their porous bodies.
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