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  • wieson@feddit.orgtoScience Memes@mander.xyzFingies
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    1 day ago

    I’m more shocked that people DON’T know that many animals walk on their tippy toes. Cats, dogs, cows, deer, lions. There are few that actually stand on their heel. Bears do on their rear legs.

    I guess, that’s where a sensible language helps. I’ll compare the English word to the one in my language translated literally:

    Digitigrade = toe-walker
    Ungulate = toe-tip-walker
    Artiodactyl = pair-hoofer
    Perissodactyl = un-pair-hoofer