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The legs are short, strong, are set far to the back of the body ( more so in the more aquatic species ), and have a leathery feel with a scaly texture.
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Early examples of attempts to capture the phenomenon of motion drawing can be found in paleolithic cave paintings, where animals are depicted with multiple legs in superimposed positions, clearly attempting to convey the perception of motion.
Some salamanders have fewer digits and the Amphiumas are eel-like in appearance with tiny stubby legs.
In frogs, the hind legs are larger than the fore legs, especially so in those species that principally move by jumping or swimming.
Front legs are formed under the gill sac and hind legs become visible a few days later.
The challenge to the status has focused on the Agnostina partly because juveniles of one genus have been found with legs greatly different from those of adult trilobites, suggesting they are not members of the lamellipedian clade, of which trilobites are a part.
According to E. A. Wallis Budge, " as a Pantheus, i. e. All-God, he appears on the amulets with the head of a cock ( Phœbus ) or of a lion ( Ra or Mithras ), the body of a man, and his legs are serpents which terminate in scorpions, types of the Agathodaimon.
alt = Black-and-white photograph of a statue consisting of an inscribed, round pedestal on top of which sits a seated, nude, male figure of which only the legs and lower torso are preserved
* One of the more serious of these side effects is tardive dyskinesia, in which the sufferer may show repetitive, involuntary, purposeless movements ( that are permanent and have no cure ) often of the lips, face, legs, or torso.
White spots are sometimes present below the eyes, and there may be white markings on the legs and back ; the absence or presence of these white markings may be indicative of distinct races.
File: National-Debt-Gillray. jpeg | In a 1786 James Gillray caricature, the plentiful money bags handed to King George III are contrasted with the beggar whose legs and arms were amputated, in the left corner
Since cyclists ' legs are most efficient over a narrow range of pedaling speeds ( cadence ), a variable gear ratio helps a cyclist to maintain an optimum pedalling speed while covering varied terrain.
The legs are feather-free, and the toes are short and powerful with large talons.
The prima balalaika is played with the fingers, the secunda and alto either with the fingers or a plectrum, depending on the music being played, and the bass and contrabass ( equipped with extension legs that rest on the floor ) are played with leather plectrums.
Decerebrate posturing is a stereotypical posturing in which the legs are similarly extended ( stretched ), but the arms are also stretched ( extended at the elbow ).
Most Capoeira attacks are made with the legs, like direct or swirling kicks, rasteiras ( leg sweeps ), tesouras or knee strikes.
She takes the form of a huge bladder of a creature whose face is all mouth and whose arms and legs are flippers.
Their loins are more slender, their legs longer, their feet narrower, and their tails more thinly clothed with fur.
North American wolves are generally the same size as European wolves, but have shorter legs, larger, rounder heads, broader, more obtuse muzzles, and a sensible depression at the union of nose and forehead, which is more arched and broad.
Their back legs are slightly longer than their front legs, and their muzzles are blunt with eyes, nostrils, and ears on top of their heads.
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It is the gait of the human who must run to live: arms dangling, legs barely swinging over the ground, head hung down and only occasionally swinging up to see the target, a loose motion that is just short of stumbling and yet is wonderfully graceful.
However nothing on four legs was supposed to be faster than a lion over a short distance, unless it was a cheetah.
The fox has a low surface area to volume ratio, as evidenced by its generally rounded body shape, short muzzle and legs, and short, thick ears.
The vertical entry achieved by expert divers is largely an illusion created by starting the entry slightly short of vertical, so that the legs are vertical as they disappear beneath the surface.
One technique is to allow the upper body to enter slightly short of vertical so that the continuing rotation leaves the final impression of the legs entering vertically.
The neck and legs were short, and the head and wings small.
Despite its long neck and legs, the giraffe's body is relatively short.
The forelegs are high, while the hind legs are very short and their necks are thick and short.
Hamsters are typically stout-bodied, with tails shorter than body length, and have small, furry ears, short, stocky legs, and wide feet.
Like most salamanders, they have short legs with four toes on the front legs and five on their back appendages, and their tails are keeled to propel them through water.
Their legs are also short, considerably shorter when compared to a small tiger or lion in a similar weight range, but are thick and powerful.
All have large heads, long, sharp, pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails.
The dogs have robust bodies, strongly muscled, with long legs and a short back, with the tails carried low.
They are described as bipedal humanoids, with long legs, short torsos, and improbably flexible neck vertebrae.
They are typically small animals with short legs, short, round ears, and thick fur.
These dogs have short legs, and may also have short muzzles.
The legs are black and short with thick fur on the soles of the paws.
They are muzzled, lightly furred, and have patagia stretching between their arms and legs which they can use to glide over short distances in low gravity ( their home worlds are all low-gravity ).
Their legs are thought to have been short, thick, tapering and to have ended in a single strong claw ; it appears that they were well-adapted for maintaining a secure hold upon rocks or seaweed against the wash of waves, like the legs of a shore crab.
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Prey, however, are moving targets, and though early humans changed the traditionally ape-like appearance of the australopithecines and adapted long, strong legs to facilitate sustained running, dense, hairy coats still posed a potentially fatal risk of causing overheating during the chase.
The strong legs of the Ostrich are unfeathered and show bare skin, with the tarsus ( the lowest upright part of the leg ) being covered in scales – red in the male, black in the female.
This is in accordance with Bower who states that Wallace was " a tall man with the body of a giant ... with lengthy flanks ... broad in the hips, with strong arms and legs ... with all his limbs very strong and firm ".
Like all birds of prey, eagles have very large hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong muscular legs, and powerful talons.
The scaled legs are strong and well developed, and generally set far back on the body, more so in the highly aquatic species.
They are ground living birds with strong legs and feet and short rounded wings.
She has no eyes, legs, wings, antennae, and can't eat, but she emits a strong pheromone to attract a mate.
They have long, strong legs with powerful talons.
The strong legs and massive flight muscles of these eagles would have enabled the birds to take off with a jumping start from the ground, despite their great weight.
Instead of standing upright and pushing with his hands as his brothers have done, he lies on his back and pushes with his strong legs.
After many tries, Tāne lies on his back and pushes with his strong legs, and finally forces his parents apart, and Rangi rises high into the heavens ( Grey 1956: 2-3 ).
However, there was not a piece of furniture in his small Manhattan apartment with legs strong enough to support it.
It is a big, strong cat, similar to the Maine Coon breed, with long legs, a bushy tail and a sturdy body.
While he often referred to his actresses as " Junoesque " and " Amazonian " this was probably more in their spirit than their actual physiques " as Meyer rarely cast very tall or symmetrically built actresses with strong legs and large posteriors.
Pantyhose generally have a standard construction: the top of the waist is a strong elastic ; the part covering the hips and the buttocks ( the panty area ) is composed of a thicker material than for the legs.
The black legs are long and strong.
They are said to build strong legs, increase general vitality, and improve circulation, coordination and balance, ensuring a strong foundation for study of more advanced poses.
Pardalotes or peep-wrens are a family, Pardalotidae, of very small, brightly coloured birds native to Australia, with short tails, strong legs, and stubby blunt beaks.
The legs are short and strong, and the wings are pointed.
Accipitriformes have strong legs and feet with raptorial claws and an opposable hind claw.
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