Bearly Hands and Feet

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Gus is right! The geometry of the bones of a bear's forepaw is quite different from the geometry present in the hind legs. Bears actually have what we call limited bipedalism, and there's a rather famous case of a bear named Pedals who became more or less a full biped because of injuries to his forepaws.

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roosterteeth is really into feet recently lul.

I’m right

Bear Grylls has two legs

It's a leg/foot if you walk on it. Ergo, Bears have 4 legs and need 4 slippers

I had a long thing typed out for this, but then I realized I'm trying to explain that bears have four feet and are quadrupeds to someone who thinks that using the appendages closest to their face to help facilitate eating makes them hands instead of simply a matter of trying to get face to hind legs significantly harder.

Y'all keep forgetting that Dr. Le Page already answered this question for you on this podcast... there's even an RTAA about it.

I’m with Gus. The structure of the forelimbs and hindlimbs are different and shouldn’t be considered as being the exact same. And for the “arms needs hands” definition, it’s completely forgetting that some cephalopods also have arms (the limbs that have suction cups along the entire length). And cephalopods sure as hell don’t have thumbs or hands.

Biologically all tetrapods have two arms and two legs. Bears, lizards, birds etc. However, a hand is prehensile appendage at the end of a forelimb, so apes and monkeys. That said, given the dexterity of bear forepaws and their use of them to manipulate food and objects, I would say a bear's forepaw does not count as a simple foot like perhaps the hoof of a horse or foot of an elephant does.

I like how all 3 of these comments are correct but in different ways