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So, my team wanted to find out if males have proportionally longer necks when accounting for their overall stature, comprised of their head, neck, and forelegs.
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Douglas R. Cavener, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2024
Instead, Mira and his six colleagues stationed themselves around the hippo’s hind legs, forelegs, backside and head.
—Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2024
So my team wanted to find out if males have proportionally longer necks when accounting for their overall stature, comprised of their head, neck and forelegs.
—Douglas R. Cavener, The Conversation, 5 June 2024
The male giraffe body, with long forelegs supporting the trunk and neck – a shape to die for.
—Douglas R. Cavener, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2024
In captivity, where staff can determine the cause of death, well over half of male giraffes die from foreleg problems, which shortens their lifespan by 25% compared with females.
—Douglas R. Cavener, The Conversation, 5 June 2024
Among a number factors boosting Tripod’s mystique is the question of exactly what happened to the coyote’s right foreleg.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
Ishu ties a rope around his left foreleg where the sore is, over his thigh and shin to keep the leg bent.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Jan. 2024
Swinehart wrote: The delay was long enough to get off another arrow, which buried deep behind the foreleg just as the rhino disappeared behind the thorn growth.
—David Howard, Popular Mechanics, 11 Aug. 2021
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Douglas R. Cavener, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2024
Instead, Mira and his six colleagues stationed themselves around the hippo’s hind legs, forelegs, backside and head.
—Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2024
So my team wanted to find out if males have proportionally longer necks when accounting for their overall stature, comprised of their head, neck and forelegs.
—Douglas R. Cavener, The Conversation, 5 June 2024
The male giraffe body, with long forelegs supporting the trunk and neck – a shape to die for.
—Douglas R. Cavener, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2024
In captivity, where staff can determine the cause of death, well over half of male giraffes die from foreleg problems, which shortens their lifespan by 25% compared with females.
—Douglas R. Cavener, The Conversation, 5 June 2024
Among a number factors boosting Tripod’s mystique is the question of exactly what happened to the coyote’s right foreleg.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
Ishu ties a rope around his left foreleg where the sore is, over his thigh and shin to keep the leg bent.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Jan. 2024
Swinehart wrote: The delay was long enough to get off another arrow, which buried deep behind the foreleg just as the rhino disappeared behind the thorn growth.
—David Howard, Popular Mechanics, 11 Aug. 2021
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“Foreleg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreleg. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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foreleg
noun
fore·leg
ˈfōr-ˌleg 
ˈfȯr-
: a front leg
Medical Definition
foreleg
noun
fore·leg
ˈfō(ə)r-ˌleg, ˈfȯ(ə)r-, -ˌlāg
: a front leg
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