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when we were in san francisco last weekend we saw this little guy. he has two legs but only one foot. i am not sure why the picture looks grainy but i thought i would share this oddity with you

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vonnie
***There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it. Mary Wilson Little ***

>>when we were in san francisco last weekend we saw this little guy. he has two legs but only one foot. i am not sure why the picture looks grainy but i thought i would share this oddity with you
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>>vonnie
>>***There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it. Mary Wilson Little ***

Are you sure he just didn't have his leg tucked up?

Our parrots usually stand on a perch with one foot curled up.

I don't exaclty know why they do it though.
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2 Mali Uromastyx-Ares & Apollo
2 Bearded Dragons- Draco & Hades
1 Saharan Uromastyx-Iris
1 Leopard Gecko-Kalypso
1 Tokay Gecko-Sid Vicious
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1 Amazon Red Head Parrot-Pancho
1 African Gray Parrot-Keya
1 Dog-Cheeka
3 Fish-no names
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if you look to the left of his standing leg, you can see where his leg is without the foot. it was not tucked up inside of him. we stared at him for a while just to make sure
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vonnie
***There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it. Mary Wilson Little ***

>>Are you sure he just didn't have his leg tucked up?
>>Our parrots usually stand on a perch with one foot curled up.
>>I don't exaclty know why they do it though.

AFAIK, some animals do it to conserve heat/minimize the cooling effect- flamingos and the like where feet are often submersed in water. Most of the time, bipeds are only actually standing on one leg whether both are down or not, so having it out isn't really necessary.
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2.1.0 uromastyx geyri (Saharan/Nigerian)
0.0.4 uromastyx hardwickii (Indian)
2.1.0 uromastyx macfadyeni (Somalian)
1.1.0 uromastyx ocellata (Sudanese)

"Yes, it's a problem. No, I don't want to talk about it."

I've seen one like that before down in Oregon.

My neighbor feeds some of our local seagulls from her deck during the summer. She has one favorite she's named Gimpy because he has a lame foot. He gets special treatment, because she noticed he always missed out on food since the other gulls would beat him to it. She's been feeding him and a few others for 4 years now. I've seen an article that says seagulls typically only live a couple of years, but from what we've seen they live much longer than that. Here's another interesting fact. My neighbor and her husband always head south for the winter and are gone until mid April. Last year I noticed that the seagulls started to show up at their deck about a week or two before they returned. Some birds are smart.

I live in NYC so there are pigeons everywhere.. about once a year or so I'll see one hopping along with only 1 foot. The poor things!
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~ Vamppire
Queens, New York City