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When supported by both hind legs and the tail, the animal would have formed a tripodal stance, meaning that three points of contact helped stabilize its body.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
Christopher Nolan’s version of the Trojan Horse—35 feet tall and rearing on hind legs—was half buried in sand on the Atlantic coast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
Fulleffort was scratched Thursday because of a chipped bone in his left hind ankle.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
She looked more interested, more alert, like a squirrel when she lifts herself on her hind legs and sniffs the air with instinctual intelligence.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
"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
“Two hinds graze in our fallow garden,” she continues.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 6, 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
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
