Comments on: Crocodile Faces Are More Sensitive Than Human Fingertips http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2012/11/08/crocodile-faces-are-more-sensitive-than-human-fingertips/ A science salon hosted by National Geographic Magazine Fri, 24 May 2013 04:18:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2-alpha By: Winterwind http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2012/11/08/crocodile-faces-are-more-sensitive-than-human-fingertips/#comment-16343 Winterwind Sun, 11 Nov 2012 13:19:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=7924#comment-16343 Awesome. I want to have a poke at a crocodile’s face now. (A baby one).

]]> By: Brian the Tall http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2012/11/08/crocodile-faces-are-more-sensitive-than-human-fingertips/#comment-16342 Brian the Tall Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:55:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=7924#comment-16342 Cool stuff.

Another idea as to why the ISOs exist all over the body could be developmental; the genes that control skin/scale formation could code for ISOs and the whole croc is patterned that way because they’re selective when combined with the extra nerve endings in the face.

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