Cool article, and something I never thought about. Wish it had more pictures though
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Conversely, the article includes an image of a stegosaurus but doesn’t list it or a provide a description of its asymmetry
The plates down the back alternate sides. The side view shows it but doesn't make it explicitly clear as the far side could be seen as a center row.
that doesn't feel properly asymmetric to me, it's just "well one side has to have the first plate". Like yeah technically but that's not the spirit of the term.
When i hear "asymmetric" i think stuff like flounders.
Other dinosaurs have symmetrical plates down their back, like the Kentrosaurus.
Might be worth looking around for pics to add to the article in wikimedia commons.
All human faces are asymmetrical!? Fun
Mine definitely is. But it's such a complex shape, I think it's hard to notice, especially as one moves
I watched a show about dogs that said they look at the left side of human faces because we show more expression there.
Humans show a systematic aurofacial asymmetry, meaning that the face (eyes, nose and mouth) are displaced to the left with respect to the midplane between the ears. In young children this asymmetry is on average 4 degrees and is easily recognized (See also: Axial twist theory).[14]
Cool