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Published: 2008-06-18 23:51:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 166; Favourites: 1; Downloads: 0
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This picture would be bigger, but I don't know what to have him be doing. ._.I'll probably get it all fixed up tonight...but I liked it so much that I posted it early.
Even though both the heel and the ball of his foot are on both feet, it still looks like he's standing digitigrade instead of unguligrade. ._.
Look, the velvet on his antlers is gone! X3
Dreyfus Vandolin III (c) 2006 Me
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He's cute in every picture, what are you talking about? o_O
...just kidding. XD Thanks for the fave.
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????? the 'blah-grade' stuff has me confused.
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They define how mammals walk. Every terrestrial mammal (at least that I can think of) has calves, legs, feet, and toes. However, they don't walk in the same way. For example, compare how you walk to how your cat walks. You both walk on your feet--however, your heel touches the ground while your cat's doesn't.
Plantigrade = Walking on heel = Human, Bear, Weasel, etc.
Digitigrade = Walking on ball of foot = Dog, Cat, Fox, etc.
Unguligrade = Walking on tip of toes = Okapi, Horse, Dolphin (at least according to Wikipedia), etc.
In most cases you typically call a plantigrade's feet "hands" or "feet." Digitigrades' are generally called "paws," and most unguligrades' are called "hooves," in particular reference to the tip (I dunno what the rest is called, but most of the foot is of course the lower leg).
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