I’ve just realized that a horse foot is just one big finger. So the inevitable question is: Is it the middle finger?
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- dark_stang ( @dark_stang@beehaw.org ) English2•1 year ago
My vet tech partner says: yeah it’s the middle finger. They have splint bones on either side which are remnants from the other fingers.
- Skull giver ( @skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl ) English1•1 year ago
If this paper is anything to go by: yes, the hoof is the “middle” finger, with difficult to recognise vestiges of digits to the left and right still present.
- Oliver ( @zomtecos@feddit.de ) 1•1 year ago
Yes it is the middle finger/toe.
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/284/1861/20171174
Horses have 5 fingers/toes in their genetic, but only the middle ones develop. The reason is that one finger/toe has advantages for a huge weight and wanting to run quite fast.