Progress!

PROGRESS!

All Hail those Opposable thumbs!

From whence our humanity comes!

If you don't see the point

Of that one little joint,

Strap it up and try picking up crumbs!
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They evolved when we swung in the trees,

And we found we grasped branches with ease!

And we shouted 'Yahoo!

Look at what I can do!'

Because picking up nuts was a breeze!
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Then, as time went on by, thumbs became

The pivotal part of the game!

They were needed for gripping,

To stop things from slipping,

They were part of our progress and fame.
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Imagine your hands without thumbs!

Try pinning a nappy on, Mums!

We'd still be uncouth

And you know that's the truth,

If we grasped with our teeth and our gums!
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Now I just heard a strange piece of news,

That has meant I am blowing a fuse!

The dolphins are showing

The thumbs they are growing

And they're featuring them as they cruise!
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Now dolphins are smart as can be,

They do tricks as they swim in the sea!

Their brains are immense

So they're not at all dense,

And I know they'd run rings around me!
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Now, before you start roaring with mirth

At this strange little quirk of their birth,

Consider the fact

That we may be sacked

And that they may inherit the earth!
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See! And he's smiling!