2006-10-01 22:44:46 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
My second toe is LONGER than my big toe. Does that count? Not as many people have their second toes longer. I believe it makes your foot fit into pointed shoes better.
As far as the big toe, if you look at a picture of the musculoskeletal system, you will see that the big toe is part of a series of connected bones that run the length of the foot. All the bones in that lineup are larger than the bones of the other toes. So it is apparently accurate to say that balance is a factor.
http://www.wcape.school.za/subject/biology/skeleton/foot.gif
Also, you gotta have the big toe there so you can wear thong sandals (flipflops), hmmm? *lol*
2006-10-08 00:49:11 · answer #1 · answered by bundjean 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have this affliction, then I should see a doctor as soon as possible.
2: In early history, this was a way for hunters to help track you by 'reading your footprints.'
3: Later, it helped the makers of shoes ('Cobblers') to decided which shoe went on which foot.
4: Through the advent of selective breeding, the 'large toe' was eradicated, thus making the Left and Right divisions obsolete, and so made the Cobblers very happy.
Sash.
2006-10-08 10:14:42 · answer #2 · answered by sashtou 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it was the same size as your other toe,s you would fall over, you would have no balence. Don,t mock the big toe, without them both your life would be VERY difficult, and you would not be able to find furniture in the dark.
2006-10-07 07:28:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it is the big toe. If it wasn't bigger than the other toes, then we wouldn't call it the big toe.
2006-10-07 08:51:57 · answer #4 · answered by Melody 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Experts say for balance yet people have lost there big toe & can still keep there balance.I have always thought it is your hearing that affects your balance.
2006-10-08 12:49:24 · answer #5 · answered by Ollie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your big toe is where your balance comes from so if you were to cut off your big toe you wouldnt have any balance
2006-10-07 04:53:23 · answer #6 · answered by sawsy20 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cos it is a big toe
2006-10-06 16:20:35 · answer #7 · answered by rachel d 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because otherwise it would be the little toe.
2006-10-07 16:39:57 · answer #8 · answered by CANAILLE 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is mainly used for balance like the inner ear.
2006-10-04 08:08:58 · answer #9 · answered by paul M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cos I say it is
2006-10-07 14:17:32 · answer #10 · answered by timone 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋