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Monkeys have thumbs to hold their food.For example, a monkey needed it thumbs to open its banna.

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What are some animals without opposable thumbs?

Species that have opposable thumbs are humans, apes, such as chimpanzees and gibbons, most Old World monkeys such as the vervet monkeys and the mandrill, some New World monkeys such the common woolly monkeys and the northern night monkey,and lower primates such as the slender lorises and spectacle tarsiers. The opposum, koala, and lemur have opposable thumbs, and the Great Panda has a semi opposable thumb. In the non mamml area, one species of frog has an opposable thumb, and one of the bird-like dinosaurs had an opposable thumb.


What animals have opposable thumbs?

Possums (on the rear feet) Giant Pandas (technically, they have a long finger on each hand/foot that is caused by a sesamoid bone that works as an opposable thumb) Troodon (a birdlike dinasour, with partially opposable thumbs) Phyllomedusa (a species of frogs from South America) Old World monkeys; most New World monkeys do *not* have opposable thumbs (exception is Cebidae family of New World monkeys) Lemurs Rarely, cats with a sixth toe (polydactyly) will have the additional digit partially opposable relative to the others.


Do frogs have thumbs?

the male frog has a black dot on their thumbs so they have thumbs


Do gibbons have opposable thumbs?

Yes, gibbons have opposable thumbs, which allow them to grasp and manipulate objects. The opposable thumbs of gibbons are adapted for swinging through trees in their arboreal habitats.


How do you use monkeys' in a sentence?

The plural is monkeys. The monkeys were kept in cages. The plural possessive is monkeys'. The monkeys' cages were dirty.