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Old Mar 04, 2008, 01:59 PM
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Handedness is very interesting in humans; over 90% of people the world over are right-handed. The world is set up for right-handed people so the left-handed ones have a few years shaved off their lifespan expectancies because it's "dangerous" out here, LOL.

Kermit the frog is left-handed too.

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Polar bears, native to the Artic region of the world, have been found to be left-handed or, for better words, left-pawed. Just as all humans have a dominant hand, so do animals. Apparently eighty percent of dogs prefer their right paw over their left and studies on cats have concluded that approximately twenty percent preferred their right paw. thirty-nine percent preferred their left paw and fourty-one percent were found to be ambidextrous. Polar bears, sometimes called the northern bear, sea bear or white bear; make use of their dominant left paw particularly when hunting. When stalking prey, the polar bear draws its' right paw across its' black nose so as to cover up the darkest part on it's body and futher camouflage itself. The polar bear then approaches it's prey and uses its' stronger, dominant, left paw to tenderize its' prey before enjoying his meal.

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Sierra Club quiz about Polar Bears: http://action.sierraclub.org/site/Pa...olarBearSurvey
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