TIL about the three types of locomotion in terrestial vertebrates: plantigrade, digitigrade and unguligrade
TIL about the three types of locomotion in terrestial vertebrates: plantigrade, digitigrade and unguligrade
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In plantigrades (e.g. humans, bears, most rodents), the entire sole of the foot touches the ground, in digitigrades (most carnivores, most birds), the heel is off the ground and unguligrades (ungulates) walk on hooves.