. Animal activities; a first book in zoo?logy. Zoology; Animal behavior. Fig. -Finger of Man and of Horse. After Flower, cushion; c, nail. a, callous; i. to heel, on the ground when they walk are said to be plantigrade animals. Quadrupeds, like the bear, which walk in this way have a somewhat awkward gait. The more graceful and easy runners among beasts walk on the ends of their toes. These are said to be digitigrade animals. The horse presents an extreme illustration of the digitigrade foot, walking as he does on the ends of his middle toes and middle fingers. We, ourselves, walk on the
. Animal activities; a first book in zoo?logy. Zoology; Animal behavior. Fig. -Finger of Man and of Horse. After Flower, cushion; c, nail. a, callous; i. to heel, on the ground when they walk are said to be plantigrade animals. Quadrupeds, like the bear, which walk in this way have a somewhat awkward gait. The more graceful and easy runners among beasts walk on the ends of their toes. These are said to be digitigrade animals. The horse presents an extreme illustration of the digitigrade foot, walking as he does on the ends of his middle toes and middle fingers. We, ourselves, walk on the whole sole of the foot, tyjt when we run we rise on the toes. If we should attempt to walk on all fours, bearing the weight of the body on soles and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original French, Nathaniel Stowers, 1854-. New York [etc. etc. ] Longmans, Green and Co
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