• Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    As far as we can tell they perform no role at all. They are only about the size of a finger, have no major tendon or ligament attachments and do not connect to another bone. There may have been new research in the last few years that I am unaware of that sheads some new light. They are considered a bit of a mystery.

    What about half elf. You know left and right half

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      1 year ago

      I could go half elf. :)

      I’m very interested in learning how damage to vestigial anatomy can cause lameness. That’s fascinating and makes a lot of sense.

      You’ve sent me down a rabbit hole of horse anatomy, and I appreciate that.

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        1 year ago

        Trust me you are not the only one who is interested in why this happens. There have been a few papers written on it. But I think the reality is the funding doesn’t exist to explore it. There are a lot more important and money making things to research about horses.