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terrestrial tetrapod vertebrate's torso. With
reference to quadrupeds, the term
hindleg or back leg is
often used instead. In
bipedal animals with an
upright posture...
- The
backswimmer Notonecta glauca underwater,
showing its paddle-like
hindleg adaptation...
- the knee. In many four-legged
animals the
femur is the
upper bone of the
hindleg. The top of the
femur fits into a
socket in the
pelvis called the hip joint...
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African wild **** foal with
black chestnut on foreleg, no
chestnut on
hindleg...
- is
between five and
twelve months old, and may
include a
swaying hindleg gait,
hindleg lameness,
muscle wastage around the hindquarters,
reluctance to...
- nesting, food storage, and
other activities. They use
their fore- and
hindlegs, as well as
their snouts and teeth, for digging. In the wild, the burrow...
- Like all bears,
brown bears can
stand on
their hindlegs and walk for a few
steps in this position,
usually motivated to do so by curiosity,
hunger or alarm...
- As in all vertebrates,
horses have
three types of muscle:
Skeletal muscle: this type of
muscle contributes to
movement and posture, and is consciously...
- at a time. It is blind, hairless, and only a few
centimetres long; its
hindlegs are mere stumps; it
instead uses its more
developed forelegs to
climb its...
-
first gets on its
front knees and
positions its
backside on top of its
hindlegs. It then
pulls the
backside upwards, and the
front legs
stand straight...
