DYK #23-Part 2: Answers

Answers to DYK #23: DYK Detectives.

DYK #23: DYK Detectives!

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C'mon fellow DYKer's, it's time to put you super-sleuth caps on. Guess which fingerprint (denoted by alphabets) correspond to which being. Answer in comments! Let's see how many are you and your friends able to get right!

Clue after the jump.

DYK #14: Say aaa..

A murder has been committed, the killer has no fingers.. how to recognize him/her. Take the suspects' tongue prints! Don't be surprised if that is shown in the next episode of 24 or CSI.

Along with fingerprints, the tongue is unique to every person. Also it is not easy to forge being protected inside the mouth. Additionally, the tongue is the only muscle in the human body which is not attached to any body part.

Verification:

• http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?reload=true&arnumber=4370517
• More facts on human body: http://health.howstuffworks.com/human-body/parts/16-unusual-facts-about-the-human-body1.htm

DYK #4: The criminal Koala

Even though humans are known to be known closely related to chimps, gorillas and monkeys, koala bears have identical fingerprints to the former.

It's not just that human fingerprints are roughly similar to koalas - they really are identical. A trained expert would have trouble telling human and koala fingerprints apart, even using a microscope. You can see a comparison of koala and human fingerprints on the left. While the two look quite similar in the larger view, it's under the even higher resolution of an electron microscope that they really look pretty much indistinguishable.

Source: http://io9.com/5798400/koalas-have-exactly-the-same-fingerprints-as-humans

Verification: http://naturalscience.com/ns/articles/01-04/ns_hll.html