Why cant we feel certain small objects when we touch them on one part if the body, but on a completely different part of the body we can?

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Say a hair, for example, touches your fingertip and you cant feel it. If you bring that same hair to say, your ankle, you can feel a slight tingling.

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The fingertips are extremely sensitive to touch the fingerprints are folds in the skin to maximise the surface area and increase the sensitivity.

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