No really. I was putting on my socks and I realized that while fingernails KIND OF make sense (I've always thought of them as little battle shields for all the typing and flicking and throwing my fingers are going to do), toenails do not. It's not like toes do any sort of individual labor that they would need individual shields to protect them. And let's face it, in modern times, our tootsie toes rarely venture out unprotected. It seems like with all the (pardon the upcoming graphic images) ingrown nails and fungus and ripping off and whatnot, they're a lot more trouble than they're worth.
If we are, in fact, evolving as a species, moving toward the most fit and efficient form of life, then here is my prediction: we're gonna lose our toenails. But don't get cocky, Mr. Appendix. You're totally next.
ajr
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