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Sauropods were plant eaters, so rising onto their hind legs may have allowed them to reach vegetation high in trees that was unavailable to shorter animals.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
Another of his horses was named in the Guinness Book of Records for the fastest 10-metre dash while on hind legs -- a sprightly 4.19 seconds.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
Cox had expected to have three horses in the Derby but the barn was hit with some bad news on Thursday morning, when Fulleffort was scratched due to a chip in his left hind ankle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
Fulleffort was scratched Thursday because of a chipped bone in his left hind ankle.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
The creature had the hind legs of a lion cub and the wings and forelegs of an eagle, white-feathered and tufty.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
"I'd like to issue former condolences to oliver stark, aisha hinds, angela bassett, and the rest of the 911 cast for having to work with ryan guzman," said another.
From Fox News ● Jun. 1, 2020
Indeed, it was all around him here in the west Highlands, with herds of hinds and stags roaming the hills, and deer-stalkers in bloodstained tweeds riding by on their quad bikes.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 20, 2018
But fewer dream of shooting the hinds – the most effective way of arresting population growth – and so the responsibility falls to the owners.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 20, 2018
They are especially dangerous during the rutting season in autumn when stags and bucks will fight for the right to breed with the finest hinds.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2015
By the look of them it was a single deer, probably a buck: they don’t pick up their feet as high as hinds do, and Torak saw drag marks in the snow.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
