• Question: why do you think mammals have back bones

    Asked by teddy to Laura, Hermine, Katy, Nathalie, Paula on 19 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Nathalie Pettorelli

      Nathalie Pettorelli answered on 17 Jun 2010:

      Hi there,

      All vertebrates have backbones – I’d say there are there to protect your spinal cord? 🙂

    • Photo: Laura Dixon

      Laura Dixon answered on 17 Jun 2010:

      So they don’t fall over? lol

    • Photo: Paula Salgado

      Paula Salgado answered on 17 Jun 2010:

      To protect our spinal cord and bone marrow, may be?… Just an idea…

    • Photo: Hermine Schnetler

      Hermine Schnetler answered on 19 Jun 2010:

      Well years ago the concept was thought off and checked by completing an autopsy on the mammal. In other words we cut a few creatures open and took a look

    • Photo: Katy Mee

      Katy Mee answered on 19 Jun 2010:

      Cos they wouldn’t be mammals if they didn’t!!

      Also…..
      The toe bone’s connected to the foot bone,
      The foot bone’s connected to the ankle bone,
      The ankle bone’s connected to the leg bone,
      The leg bone’s connected to the knee bone,
      The knee bone’s connected to the thigh bone,
      The thigh bone’s connected to the hip bone,
      The hip bone’s connected to the BACK BONE,
      The BACK BONE’S connected to the shoulder bone,
      The shoulder bone’s connected to the neck bone,
      The neck bone’s connected to the head bone…..

      Without your back bones all your other bones would fall apart 😉

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