CANADA: That’s according to a new study, which suggested that wild kangaroos favour their left hands during everyday tasks such as feeding and grooming.
Scientists from St Petersburg State University discovered the remarkable findings after travelling to Australia to spend hours observing the marsupials in the wild.
And it was a trend that all Kangaroos seemingly followed – with two species of roo and one wallaby appearing to favour their left hand for everyday activities.
But wildlife ecologist Janeane Ingram, who collaborated on the study, explained that the findings had not been widely embraced by the scientific community.
Speaking to the BBC, she said: ‘Unfortunately, even my own colleagues think that studying left-handed macropods is not a serious issue, but any study that proves true handedness in another bipedal species contributes to the study of brain symmetry and mammalian evolution’.
