Koala fingerprints have loops and whorls remarkably similar to ours.

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A koala climbing up a tree, Great Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia. Canon 10D, 70-200mm f/2.8L @ f/3.2 1/200s
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Koala fingerprints have loops and whorls remarkably similar to ours.

Koalas have fingertip ridge patterns strikingly similar to human fingerprints. Claims that koala prints have actually confused crime-scene investigators are not supported by documented cases in the sources reviewed.

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Wombats poop cubes.

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