20 Animals with Incredible Paws (21 photos)

Nature never tires of proving to us that it is brilliant in many different ways. Including as an engineer.





For it created paws capable of climbing steep cliffs, hooves that can withstand tons of weight, and claws as sharp as a razor. In this selection, spade paws, dagger claws, and Velcro feet are the most amazing examples of "footwear" of animals, birds, and more, with which the creator equipped her brainchildren for survival. Want to see evolution at its most creative paw-like?

1. Blue-footed Booby



2. Canadian Lynx





3. Barn Owl



4. American Coot



5. Dumbo Rat



6. Gecko



7. Penguin



8. Madagascar crayfish



9. Kangaroo



10. Nutria



11. Crocodile



12. African Jacana



13. Koala



14. Squirrel



15. Bear



16. Sumatran Tarsier



17. Tarantula



18. Red-handed tamarin



19. Turtle



20. Wallace's flying frog