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