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this post was submitted on 22 Jun 2024
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m8 you just blew my mind 🤯
Baby bones are wild. When they're first born, they're more cartilage than bone, with some bones starting completely as cartilage, like the wrist bones, and others being a mix of bone and cartilage, like what you're seeing in the "missing" ends of the finger bones. It's tough cartilage, though, which is why it doesn't just squish around like with the cartilage in your ears or nose