Stephanie Jennifer

My name is Stephanie Jennifer. 18. I was born in France, Paris. Currently live in Singapore.

Art. Design. Clothes. And cool gifs.

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Reference Images for Artists: The mechanism of grasp

arsanatomica:

While looking at the little screech owl, I took a series of photographs and made this gif to illustrate the of the automatic grasping action of the talons.

The structure of bird feet is set up so that the foot automatically grasps when the ankle joint is bent.

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