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ELI5: Why do we have fingernails / toenails? (lemmit.online)

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The original was posted on /r/explainlikeimfive by /u/Imagineer2 on 2023-06-26 01:23:34+00:00.

Recently smashed my finger and lost the nail and it got me wondering what is the biological / mechanical / etc function / reason for fingernails? Sure it would be harder to grip little things, but is there a structural reason why our digits need these things?

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