What's wrong with bunny hands on dinosaurs? (2018)
13 points
by exvi
5 days ago
| 3 comments
| paleoaerie.org
| HN
Amorymeltzer
1 hour ago
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This reminds me of one of my favorite YouTube series, Your Dinosaurs Are Wrong. They were short little videos where a guy had a toy dinosaur and he would explain why the toy was incorrect. Short, easy to understand, fun, and I learned a lot. Highly recommend to anyone of any age.

Playlist of the original videos: <https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaCDmykyjVw_B983AQ2iG...>, there's a channel now <https://www.youtube.com/@YourDinosaursAreWrong> which has newer episodes (can't vouch for, haven't seen) (playlist with old and (some of the) new: <https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnpbQOy7TfC179wPmhHZr...>)

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Syntonicles
1 hour ago
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This would make for a good topic on a short-form pop-science YouTube channel. (take your pick)

The article is interesting but it's difficult for me to really picture the implications of the article. Actually after reading it I get the feeling that what I was visualizing is entirely contrary to what they are trying to convey to me.

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doormatt
1 hour ago
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What exactly is "bunny hands"? I'm having difficulty picturing it.
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duskwuff
1 hour ago
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Stand up and try to hold your arms out in front of you, with the palms facing straight down.

You'll find that this is a little awkward. The natural resting position of your hands is with the palms facing inwards, not down.

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Syntonicles
1 hour ago
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Oh, that helps me. I thought it had something to do with rotating the palm. Why did they go into all the detail of the ulna & radius crossing?

The counter example they gave was the elephant - but this video [1] of elephants walking looks to me like "bunny hands", at least to a degree.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf1K63tc1bY

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thaumasiotes
9 minutes ago
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That video has such terrible image quality that it isn't possible to see the elephants' toes.
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sho_hn
30 minutes ago
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Strangely, for me, downward is more restful than inward. Must be the decades of keyboard use ...
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thaumasiotes
10 minutes ago
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I agree with the article (well, the sauropod tracks in the article) that the natural resting position of your arm as you extend it forward has your palms mostly downward and a little inward. Fully downward is much, much more natural than fully inward.
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firecall
57 minutes ago
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Yes, I cant see in the article that actually define the term!
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thaumasiotes
12 minutes ago
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https://www.alamy.com/portrait-of-funny-lovely-european-girl...

> Portrait of funny, lovely European girl with rabbit ears, imitating bunny, holding hands like paws and looking up daydreaming

They are referring to the pose people take when they are pretending to pose "like a bunny".

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