Category: Animal House
hi all. any stores of animals playing with their own or other's paws? I have a picture of a sow grizzly bear sitting in the snow, holding her right hind paw in her right fore while using her left forepaw to play with the toes of her right hind paw. apparently she's enjoying herself hugely. any other tales?
My great nan has 2 WestHighland Terriers who wash each other's ears. Is that to clean them or just to be friendly? One of them is always washing his paws as well. I know it depends on what kind of food they have as well.
the question of whether the paw play or washeing of others is friendly or just for cleaning the paws/ears is a good one. I think the dogs and the bears know how to play and how to give pleasure to themselves and others, either by playign with their own paws or those of others, or washing ears and paws. I think the bear in the picutre I have is playing with her paws rather than maintaining her claws and pads. thanks for your story. any others welcomed.
i've heard of bears rolling onto their backs and taking the toes of their hind paws in those of their fore, and either stroking the toes of their hind paw with their fore or curling them together, locking the paws together and rolling about on the floor in play.
actually a correction to that. when bears take their hind paws in their fore, they hold the aposing sides of the hind paws, right fore to right side of right hind, left fore to left side of left hind, the toes of both forepaws covering the sole pads of the hind. i think at first bears learn to clean hind paws, then maybe that turns to playing with the paws as they find it pleasurable to just stroke their pads and play with their toes.