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Startled from its slumber, the tennis ball-sized silky anteater raises its forepaws defensively like a boxer.
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James Hall, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
The Telefol say that this story explains why ground cuscuses have four digits on each forepaw.
—Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, 3 Dec. 2020
Observers have even reported seeing domestic cats trap two cicadas at once, one under each forepaw.
—Jillian Mock, Scientific American, 9 Apr. 2021
James Hall, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
The Telefol say that this story explains why ground cuscuses have four digits on each forepaw.
—Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books, 3 Dec. 2020
Observers have even reported seeing domestic cats trap two cicadas at once, one under each forepaw.
—Jillian Mock, Scientific American, 9 Apr. 2021
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“Forepaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forepaw. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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forepaw
noun
fore·paw
-ˌpȯ 
: the paw of a foreleg
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