But you don't use it as a rule
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I hate feet
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But you don't use it as a rule
Nimos
Well-Known Member
Agree, going up stairs would be rather difficult and down them probably hurt a lot
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
I'd go for a bionic pair and can run like the 6 million dollar man.
Useless? I can pick things up with my toes....
No worries. There are all sorts of cool socks you can wear. They'll keep you warm and you don't have to look at your feet
Secret Chief
Vetted Member
Too unwieldy.
Circus tricks, still not really useful. Although I did see someone play the guitar with his feet once, I guess the toes came in useful there.
Secret Chief
Vetted Member
Well without the big toe we couldn't walk. I'm sure the whole foot is quite important though.
I use metres. It's easier now.
wandering peacefully
Which way to the woods?
But what about baby feet? I'm with you on adult feet, most of the time, being the ugliest part of an adult human.
But baby feet? I can't stop massaging and holding them in my hands.kissing them when very tiny. That is just baby feet and little tiny pea toes mind you. Once they pass a size 5 kids, keep them away! Lol .
Feet are amazing however, even when they get old and ugly. How else would one get around?
Claws are useful for climbing up trees, but they were in the way when our arboreal ancestors moved into the trees, grew larger, and began moving about on smaller branches, grasping and swinging rather than digging in. Flatter claws became were selected for, and eventually became nails.
Nails can be useful, and they're metabolically inexpensive. There's no selective advantage to be gained by eliminating them, so I expect they'll persist.
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Sand Dancer
Currently catless
They used to have more of a purpose. Maybe someday humans won't have them anymore.What would you like to have there instead, if you could freely redesign the human body?
My only wondering with our feet is, why do we have toenails? they don't really seem to serve any purpose. They are not strong enough to protect against anything, they are not particularly practical down there, and we can't use them to climb trees, or scratch any places that you can't with your fingers.
Why evolution hasn't gotten rid of them yet I don't know, I have no clue what their purpose is
What selective pressure is there to eliminate them?
Heyo
Veteran Member
Claws are old, really old and ubiquitous. Every group within amniota seems to have them or had them with very few ever losing them. Snakes lost them together with the legs and cetaceans lost them. All other marine mammals still have them including manatees. All birds have them on their hind legs and some still have them on their wings.
