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:
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
I don’t know what’s your language, but I’d translate ungulate to nail-walker (which is weirder)
so ballerinas are part time ungulates?