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<div>:''"Paws" redirects here. There is also a person named [[Paws (person)|Paws]].''<br />
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A '''paw''' is a body part with digits, used for walking, climbing and holding objects, which can be found on most [[mammal]]s, [[reptile]]s and [[Wikipedia:Amphibian|amphibian]]s. It is analogous to the hand or foot of a [[human]].<br />
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==Anatomy==<br />
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The paw terminates the fore- and hind- legs of animals which have them, and are referred to as forepaws and hindpaws respectively.<br />
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They most commonly have five [[toe]]s, though less are frequent. The toes often have [[claw]]s on the tip, which in most [[feline]] species are retractible (except for the adult [[cheetah]]). Several animals have [[pawpad]]s: furless areas of tough skin on the bottom of the paw, providing good traction and a soft step (which is especially important for predators).<br />
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Pawpads are occasionally depicted on animals that lack them, especially [[rabbit]]s.<br />
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==Paws in Furry==<br />
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[[Image:Fursuit-foot-foam.jpg|right|thumb|Foam used to make a footpaw for a [[fursuit]]]]Many [[furry fan]]s and [[lifestyler]]s refer to their hands or feet as paws, and [[furspeech]] often derives from this. They may have a [[pawfasting]] (instead of handfasting), they may go [[Free paws|barepawed]] (instead of barefoot). The word "paw" can also be used as a verb - ''to paw somebody'' or ''something'' means to touch with the paws, ''to paw something to somebody'' means the same thing as ''to hand'' is to normal humans, and ''to paw off'' is a euphemism for masturbation.<br />
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On [[anthropomorphic]] [[characters]], the paws are often somewhere between human hands/feet and paws. This allows these characters to do everything that a human could do. Such paws are often shaped like a human hand or foot, furred on top, with a furless palm/sole, with or without pronounced pawpads, and with claws on the fingers/toes. Some very human-like characters may even have fingernails/toenails instead of claws.<br />
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Many [[cartoon]] or [[comic]] characters have a reduced number of fingers/toes. Four fingers on each hand/forepaw, three or four toes on each foot/hindpaw are commonly seen in "toonish" artwork, though realistic artists usually use the same number as on the natural animal.<br />
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[[Fursuit]] paws belong to the more complex parts of a fursuit. A realistic look of pads and claws has to be combined with good function - handpaws should still allow to hold things, footpaws should not inhibit walking and should not go to pieces when walking on rough surfaces. The easiest way is to base handpaws on [[Wikipedia:glove|gloves]] and footpaws on [[Wikipedia:shoe|shoes]], but more sophisticated fursuiters prefer to build completely custom constructions. The simulation of [[digitigrade]] legs is another problem, for which there are a number of proposed solutions among the fursuiting community.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[Facepaw]]<br />
*[[Paw fetish]]<br />
*[[Free paws]]<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FurryFeetNaylon Furry Feet&Naylon]</div>67.165.250.15