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I just realized how incredible it is that we don't have toes growing out of our ears. (self.showerthoughts)
submitted 1 year ago by zovits to c/showerthoughts
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AFAIK it all boils down to the fact that during embryonal development our cells, which at that point were just a blob of undifferentiated autonomous chemical machines, somehow managed to unanimously agree upon the cardinal directions (up-down, left-right, front-back) for future development - and thanks to this, we don't have toes growing out of our ears.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Gravity is what makes this happen. Guess what probably is a concern in space?

[–] lemmefixdat4u 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You know that we've gestated various animals in weightless conditions on the ISS, yes? They look normal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

We have? Do you have a source for that? That would be amazing. :)

[–] Agent641 8 points 1 year ago

Toe ears?