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Mystery About The Way Fingers Wrinkle in Water Might Have an Answer

Upon learning about the blood vessels responsible for our water-soaked finger wrinkles, young readers of The Conversation's Curious Kids series had further questions for scientists: "Do the wrinkles always form in the same way?" one asked.

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