Fun Fact: a New Guinea possum has a finger twice as long as the others

It sounds like a cartoon creature but is a real adaptation. Researchers recently confirmed living animals from a lineage once known from ancient fossils.

Try or explore: See the animal illustrations and photographs to understand how the specialized finger works.

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Fun Fact↗: a New Guinea possum has a finger twice as long as the others. The pygmy long-fingered possum has an exceptionally elongated fourth digit, roughly twice the length of its other fingers, used to extract wood-boring insect larvae from crevices. Why click: It sounds like a cartoon creature but is a real adaptation. Researchers recently confirmed living animals from a lineage once known from ancient fossils.