Researchers Find Kangaroos Are Left-Handed
- 9 years ago
Scientists have learned that kangaroos have a dominant hand, and it’s the left one.
For years, researchers had thought that handedness was unique to great apes, including humans, but scientists at Saint Petersburg State University in Russia have learned kangaroos possess the trait as well.
Among kangaroos, the appendage used most often is the left one. This was learned through a lot of observation and documentation. Among the particular wild kangaroos the team tracked were the Goodfellow’s tree, the red, and the eastern gray.
The researchers also spent some time watching the activities of the red-necked wallaby.
Notes were kept on which hand the animals used when performing varying tasks such a
For years, researchers had thought that handedness was unique to great apes, including humans, but scientists at Saint Petersburg State University in Russia have learned kangaroos possess the trait as well.
Among kangaroos, the appendage used most often is the left one. This was learned through a lot of observation and documentation. Among the particular wild kangaroos the team tracked were the Goodfellow’s tree, the red, and the eastern gray.
The researchers also spent some time watching the activities of the red-necked wallaby.
Notes were kept on which hand the animals used when performing varying tasks such a