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- cross-posted to:
- showerthoughts@lemmy.world
Humans are bi-pedal animals who walk extensively over long distances. However our feet are soft and not well suited to the task. However dogs, monkeys, and other animals have paws that serve as shoes to protect the feet.
No other mammal has such unprotected - but we are known for walking the farthest distances / nomadic behavior. Is this a joke?
I want paw feet instead of shoes.
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My feet smell like Fritos
The answer is evolution. Put shoes on dogs and in few hundred thousand years their paws will be like humans.
Developmentally, our hands and feet are modifications of the same underlying genetic template, so they’re going to have similar morphology.
I want beans too.
if I had dog hindpaws for feet I’d get rich from onlyfans
The first sketchy plastic surgeon who gives someone paws, fur, a tail or some other weird furry things is going to be very rich…
Walk around barefoot and you’ll get calluses similar to what you want. The more shoes you wear, the fewer calluses you’ll get.
Alternatively, line your shoes with sandpaper and toss some gravel in there
Great way of deterring foor fungus, is to not have the skin to begin with.
we use shoes, this keeps our feet from developing the callouses you see shoeless animals do.
this is a modern human thing, not a genetic human trait.
It’s just you. You’re weak, and soft, because you’ve been trained by society to wear shoes.
There are many people who never wear shoes, and they have tough soles. From indigenous tribes, to modern Olympic athletes.
That said, even your dog can step in sharps and hurt their feet; cuts, thorns, stabs - shoes provide protection that paws and tough soles do not; this is the main reason we wear footwear.
If you’re interested in a more back-to-nature approach without giving up extra protection, there are dozens of companies that sell minimalist footwear - in essence, modern moccasins. Vibram is one such, but there are many more. Fitkicks is a cheap version (~$20). Look for “active” and “water shoes.”
Sorry - not true. This dog lives on the couch and has barely set foot outside.
They come with paw feet naturally. I want that too, not to go harden my foot pads by walking on rocks and buying fancy nature shoes
They walk around inside barefoot. Despite the cushiness of their surroundings, they nonetheless don’t wear socks and shoes.
Because we are primates, and none of our forest-dwelling ancestors had paws.
Humans developed footwear before we started walking long distances. We didn’t evolve for it, we built tools that let us do things we couldn’t do before.
Trees. We went into the trees before we came back down and walked on two feet.
Your feet are not suited for long distance travel because you wear shoes, just walk around a bit without them, you’ll grow callouses
You have to walk… barefoot. My feet are messed up and I have some impressive callouses on the balls of my feet. They are a little better after surgery, but recovery sucked. Ultimately, your feet build up protection. Caking on mud probably helped. Animal skins, rudimentary sandals from various plants, and other natural resources could provide extra protection. Unfortunately, we have built an environment made for shoes and evolution is doing the rest. Walking on pavement is not great without shoes. Especially when it bakes. Walking on soil and grass feels a lot better.
Walking on some surfaces is downright pleasurable. Dewy morning grass or a dry hard packed dirt trail for instance
your dog’s claws need a trim
Walk barefoot, toughen up your feet. I prefer having thumbs and hands to paws.
Thumbs are cool. I’m talking paw feet
