Just in case you ever wondered...

[2 Die FR]

...what it's like to have paws for hands, this is your chance!!
OK, you're gonna read this and think I'm really weird, but I got this out of a life science book my younger brother has and thought it was interesting.
It's this- lions have paws. Paws do not have thumbs. Thumbs let us humans do countless things, including letting me type these words.
SOOOOO....
What would happen if you DIDN'T have thumbs??
No, no, it's not what you're thinking, so don't get out any knives or anything- that's messy! ...jk
Just take a good long piece of tape and wrap it around one hand, so that your thumb is kept in place on your palm, but not over your other fingers so you still have use of them and not so tight you lose circulation or anything, I wouldn't want you to do that.
Then spend a few minutes just going about doing normal things around the house. It's weird, especially if you try to write!
Obviously, lions can't do some things we can. They cannot point. They cannot pick up things. So when the Disney animators did TLK they took that into account in creating the characters.
btw- you can take off the tape now lol

[Simba '04]

alrighty than.....can I cheat and use my feet? , ...I don't think I am going to try this because I have already done this for some school project years ago and it was quite interesting and unusual

[Endra]

Aye, I did it for school last year. We were supposed to take off the tape after that class period... but I didn't.

I kept my thumbs wrapped up all day

[Simba_TLK]

thats interesting
i should try that sometimes

im trying to pickup stuff without using my thumb now and its not that easy like you say

[Kovu]

It's still possible to use the mouse, though.

[Darkslash]

But can pawed lions Fly A Plane?

[LunarCat]

someone did this as a science project at my school! i did pretty well if i say so myself.

[Roku]

*Is running around on all fours having fun, singing "Born Free".*
Yeah, we did this in school one time, back when I was a Freshman. It is hard! But lions and other four leggers can do it! So we can try!

[Darkslash]

See now ya gotta try walking on all fours with the correct stepping pattern!

[SimbaTLK1]

How come all you guys did this in school. I never did it. What class was it for? I'm gonna have to try this sometime...

[Simba Child]

I did that and I couldn't even open a jar of peanut butter!

[TakaTiger]

ahh, ive herd of ppl doin this, but im outta tape ><

[Shatara]

Originally posted by Darkslash
See now ya gotta try walking on all fours with the correct stepping pattern!

I can do that. I can do that quite well :P

In fact, 'bear crawling' was the only thing I could do up 'Cardiac Hill' better then all teh other l33t Ranger wannabes

[lion_roog]

Originally posted by Simba Child
I did that and I couldn't even open a jar of peanut butter!

I don't even need hands to do that....I can do it with my face....seriously....

[2 Die FR]

Originally posted by lion_roog
I don't even need hands to do that....I can do it with my face....seriously....

LOL
sounds like lots of you folks had the same life science book my younger brother has...textbooks must be universal:Ooo:

[Sharifu]

I've never done that before... But I can imagine how hard it would be... Just trying it without taping my thumbs is hard.

[Suki]

I did this all day a couple days ago since I was reading this thread. So, I did this all day at school the next day. It was a piece of cake for me.

[2 Die FR]

You Know I'm not liable for any personal injury or humiliation, right?

[starlioness]

you think that's hard, try taping 2 fingers at a time but make sure your ring finger and your pointer finger aren't taped together and still have your thumb taped and now do things.. I think it's like having deer or cow hooves or something like that

[Suki]

Originally posted by 2 Die FR

You Know I'm not liable for any personal injury or humiliation, right?

Everyone kept on asking, "What the heck happened to your hand?""What happend?" "Are you okay?"