Frazz by Jef Mallett for December 04, 2004
Transcript:
I heard what makes us special is that we have opposable thumbs. "But lobsters have ultra mega opposable thumbs and they're hardly special." "Maybe the trick is to have opposable thumbs and not look like a giant hypertensive bug." "The chowder house has a nice lobster special."
A human hand is a wee bit better at manipulation than a lobster claw – not being encased in a hard shell is a good start.