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I may have mis-phrased that. What I meant to convey was that transformation from plantigrade to ungulate wouldn't necessarily follow one certain transitional path, as there's no natural transition between the two, apart from looking at cross-species hooves/feet/paws and sort of "connecting the dots" or tracking back evolutionary development of the hooves, which seems to mostly track back to a three-toed state, earlier on in this evolutionary chain four toes seemed to be the in-thing. from there-on it's a lot of mucking about with ways to go from this to a plantigrade's feet.
"and from how her right hand is in a fist here" that's simply the way the hand is positioned, there's no implications of a "clenched fist becoming a hoof", I too always thought that was a weird thing.
But, as I said, The thumb, pinkie-finger and index finger becoming vestigial, with the middle- and ring-finger fusing together could work as well (comparable to how a deer's hooves work, really)
I may have mis-phrased that. What I meant to convey was that transformation from plantigrade to ungulate wouldn't necessarily follow one certain transitional path, as there's no natural transition between the two, apart from looking at cross-species hooves/feet/paws and sort of "connecting the dots" or tracking back evolutionary development of the hooves, which seems to mostly track back to a three-toed state, earlier on in this evolutionary chain four toes seemed to be the in-thing. from there-on it's a lot of mucking about with ways to go from this to a plantigrade's feet.
"and from how her right hand is in a fist here" that's simply the way the hand is positioned, there's no implications of a "clenched fist becoming a hoof", I too always thought that was a weird thing.
But, as I said, The thumb, pinkie-finger and index finger becoming vestigial, with the middle- and ring-finger fusing together could work as well (comparable to how a deer's hooves work, really)