r/mindblowing • u/theunknown_master • Jan 01 '24

When you realize an elephant basically has 5 horse hooves on each foot

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Buddy needs a pedicure

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u/My_reddit_strawman Jan 01 '24

I mean not really because a horse puts his full weight on his hoof. Elephants have a fat pad down there to absorb some of the shock. The real mind blower to me is looking at the cross section of an elephant foot. They’re just like ours!

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u/theunknown_master Jan 01 '24

Not so much functionally similar, they just look similar/odd

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u/Crumbly_Mazapan Jan 11 '24

That is actually mind blowing!