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Me personally, I’d rather have hands for feet. Makes me feel primal.

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[–] wwb4itcgas@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Hypothetically, although I'm still partial to just sticking with the things that evolved to handle ambulatory locomotion, and leave fine environmental manipulation to the upper body.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I guess I'm confused what we're talking about specifically here. Our wrists stack up against the base of the hand, but if you look at a foot bone chart and how an ankle interfaces, it's more of a connection to the talus at a 90⁰ angle. I feel like you're going to need a hybrid joint that preserves the intra-articular surface and the mechanical connection for walking, unless your plan is to mainly exist as a climber.

[–] wwb4itcgas@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

My apologies. It turns out that the source of your confusion is... My utter lack of reading comprehension. You see, I originally misread the question posed by the post as what essentially amounts to "would you rather have hands or feet... for feet", and after considering the matter, concluded that the extra manipulatory capabilities didn't outweigh the drawbacks to movement, and so answered 'feet', i.e. "I'm good, thanks". You can see how the confusion percolated from there, I'm sure.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

All good. Only thing I really wanted was a chance to use the phrase "floor slappers" in a conversation ^^