Birds knees are not backwards
Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025
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Yeah, it is us who have weirdly shortened feet, not the other animals with their “backward knees”
Finding out Dog basically has been tippy toeing their entire life, makes me question my existence.
Nice try… everyone knows birds are not real.
Now this, is interesting as fuck.
…Are they comparing a single bone to our metatarsals?
Exactly. That’s not a backwards knee, it’s the heel.
It’s similar with horses.
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Same with hooved animals like deer and horses. The knees are the big roundish parts up near the body, the “backwards knees” are the ankles/heels, and the “ankles” are the balls of the feet. Kind of like walking in stilettos.
What about bees knees?
They’re not bird knees, they’re bird ankles.
From this [website](https://www.skeletaldrawing.com/home/2011/09/um-hey-scientific-american-bird-knees.html)
So you’re telling me their feet are just comically bigger than you expect.
So theyre always tiptoe-ing?
They don’t have knees at all then? Just running with some long ass feet?
So with drumsticks are not thighs, but knees?
Oh ya? Then how come I never see birds sitting in chairs?
Theropods bro.
You know what they say about big shoes
now they have to remake that Charlie Sheen movie.. The Arrival
Stubby short ass toe humans
The word of the day is “digitigrade.”
the tiptoe model is called being a digitigrade; it’s better for running fast.
the human model is called being a plantigrade; it’s better for supporting heavy bodies.
Do birds actually have knees? Or should we just consider their anatomy to be completely separate than ours.
Idk. Look pretty backward to me
so, if that its actually the bead, the shoes are in a way I have never thought…
They just have extreme midfoot flexibility lol
Why did I look of those two guys and immediately think “oh a meme of jason momoa sneaking up on henry cavil”
Looks like the standing human gave the birds bum a slap
So their backwards knees are actually forward ankles? Got it
I always said this, what people call the backwards knee is simply a heel
Oh man I remember having this argument with a guy who insisted they were backwards and his only defence was “I’m a physiotherapist so I know anatomy and you’re only an engineer!” This was before we widely understood autism 🤣 I just thought he was a D… Head!