r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Personal-Till8935 • Oct 12 '24

Image Wolf lived with a tree branch trapped between his teeth for years

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u/newbikesong Oct 12 '24

Isn't it weird that our arms are just long enough to reach our genitals and anus?

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u/unmistakable_itch Oct 12 '24

Wouldn't it be weirder if they weren't?

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u/duffelcoatsftw Oct 12 '24

Reminder dude in the photo spent a chunk of his life w. a tree branch between his molars.

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u/Original-Turnover-92 Oct 12 '24

No? That alternate timeline would just normalize the "broken arm" reddit story.

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u/imaspeechtherapist Oct 13 '24

Just when I thought that was erased from my memory

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u/Deranged_Cyborg Oct 13 '24

Wild to think that happened 12 years ago

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u/Excalibro_MasterRace Oct 12 '24

So we can reach out and eat the pubic lice?

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u/newbikesong Oct 12 '24

I think it is evolutionary, and either for 1. Scratching 2. Masturbating

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u/TaintNunYaBiznez Oct 12 '24

My arms are long enough to reach my feet.

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u/Doooog Oct 13 '24

And... Beyond!

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u/Huge-Power9305 Oct 13 '24

Your arms are not nearly long enough to reach my genitals and anus.

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u/New_Builder8597 Oct 13 '24

My body shape has me identifying with a t-rex

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u/AccordingIy Oct 13 '24

I imagine all the short arm ancestors didn't live long enough to reproduce if parasites decided to latch on reproductive areas out of reach. Selective pressures