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Paws for thought: Female cats are mostly right-handed while males ...
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Paws for thought: Female cats are mostly right-handed while males are lefties. 4. Female cats tend to favour their right hand paws, say scientists Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto. Sarah Knapton, Science Editor. 22 January • 5:22pm. It might prove useful when ducking away from a swipe. Female cats are more likely to ...
Most blue whales are 'right-handed' and UC Santa Cruz researchers ...
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When humans eat, they typically use one hand or the other to shovel food into their mouths. Most of us – about 85 percent according to some studies – defer to our right hands for this task and other motor activities, like writing, waving and handshaking. Scientists call this preference for one side or the other ...
Lefty or righty? Here are some astonishing statistics on the effect of ...
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Right handed people will earn 12 per cent more over their lifetimes than lefties. A study of 47,000 people in the UK and US suggest left-handers are at a significant disadvantage in the workplace. Harvard economist Joshua Goodman claimed “lefties have more emotional and behavioural problems, have ...
Whales switch from right to left-handed when diving for food | New ...
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Ambidextrous behaviour by “right-handed” blue whales has surprised scientists studying the huge creatures' feeding habits. Like many other animals, blue whales display laterality, or “handedness” – generally a bias towards the right. But a study using video cameras attached to the backs of whales has ...
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