Knowbody would have ever thought that Koalas have human like fingerprints! If asked, people would think no way! I mean, wouldn't you? But it is true. Koalas have human like fingerprints. They are so alike that it is hard to tell the difference. They are almost identical to human ones. When studying the fingerprints under analysis, the turns and loops are too similar to humans making it so much harder to tell which is which, even for the best scientists. Gorillas and chimps have similar fingerprints to humans just like Koalas since they are, also human relatives. Koalas get their food by climbing onto trees, and grasping the branches and leaves. Koalas, gorillas, and chimps all grasp. That's helpful for them, since while they have fingerprints, they can grasp to feed. Koala fingerprints seemed to have changed over the years and Koalas fingertip features have developed recently since most of their close relatives lack them is what scientists think. For scientists, the purpose of fingerprints is still a mystery but koala's fingerprints may help explain it. The way fingerprints came to be can be explained as the adaption to grasping.



I got my information from:
http://www.livescience.com/14007-koalas-human-fingerprints.html