Koalas have fingerprints that are nearly identical to a human's
Koalas are the only marsupial known to have fingerprints at all, complete with the same loops and whorls found on human fingers. A researcher studying them noticed the resemblance almost by accident — could koala prints really pass for ours?
Myth or fact? Reveal
Fact. It's a fact. Biological anthropologist Maciej Henneberg found koala fingerprints so similar to human ones that even trained examiners struggled to sort them correctly. They evolved independently, most likely to help koalas grip branches and handle tough eucalyptus leaves.
— PBS NOVA, Koalas have fingerprints almost identical to ours