Sunday mornings how I love you and all the time to do all the nothing that I want. When I have nothing to do, brainfart important questions always pop into my head. Today my neurons can't stop pondering why can't toes move individually?! At least mine can't, believe me I've tried and the best I've been able to do is move my big toe and my pinky toe, but not without a great deal of concentration. Not that I need to move my toes individually, it's just that damn it, it's my body and I want to move it the way I want to!
And so I googled. Turns out that evolution is to blame for toe movement. Humans are tipically not wired to be able to move toes separately, with the exception of our big toe. Go ahead and try, this is the only toe you should be able to move independently without a lot of effort. It is of no use for us right now, but humans used to use their feet for grasping. Since I have you looking at your feet, check out how your big toe is even built differently than the rest (it has one less joint than the others, I wasn't talking about its size Captain Obvious). Our big toe also has more nerves and muscles dedicated to it, making it possible for it to move independently. The rest of our toes move together because they share flexor tendons, unlike our hands.
However, if you're stubborn (like me), it is possible to learn how to move your pinky toe individually. You can do that here. You can now laugh maniacally in the face of evolution! Happy Sunday!
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