Ambam isn't the first gorilla to walk on his hindlegs. ❋ The Huffington Post (2011)
The bear rises onto its hindlegs and climbs over the wall of the house. ❋ Steve Himmer (2011)
A goat can stand on the end of a stick -- a rat can climb up almost anything but a glass bottle: a dog can stand on his hindlegs like a gentleman -- and a heron or a crane can stand on one leg -- But did you ever see a horse stand on one leg -- or on his hindlegs except for a minute in an ill temper? ❋ Carolyn Vega (2011)
Maybe they were wrong, but the leading critics (save for a small handful with whom I simply do not agree) are generally close enough to be helpful most of the time – and none of us is right all the time, even when we stand on our hindlegs and proclaim that we can pick out wines blind. ❋ Unknown (2009)
I swerve in front of the gate, hindlegs following forelegs too late and I stumble, right myself, twist past the piss-hut and the old woman shouts, - ¡Vuelve aquí! but I don't. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Like a Western quarter horse, he could rise on his hindlegs and in an instant spin around 180 degrees. ❋ Kai Bird (2010)
She was 15.2, huge for the time, and her idea of fun was to stand on her hindlegs with me on her back and walk across the road. ❋ Unknown (2010)
At the furthest edge of the rain forest, one of the herbivores had stopped eating and had stretched itself up on its hindlegs, its crested head pointing steadily north. ❋ Unknown (2010)
With difficulty, Amolde bent his forelegs, leaving his hindlegs extended, tilting his body down. ❋ John Dermot Woods (2010)
The predator measured a distance on the quivering flank; its front paws, far smaller than the massive hindlegs, were almost obscene in this gesture. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Sharpening the scope for the increased distance, Kai watched as the colossus strutted on its huge hindlegs into the peaceful valley. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Some instinct was taking the wallaby to higher ground, to a steep ascent that he managed with great ease with his long, powerful hindlegs, his thick, almost conical tail waving up and down with each bound. ❋ Unknown (2009)
In the woods, a tawny, striped figure pushed away from the ground with a thrust of its forepaws and rocked back to rest on its long hindlegs and tail. ❋ Unknown (2009)
She slipped easily through the woods, crouching under the lowest branches, slowed only by the thick ferns, leafy at ground level, and the occasional fallen branches where she had to squeeze underneath, ducking her head and shoulders through and then stretching her long hindlegs behind her as she pulled with her forelegs. ❋ Unknown (2009)
And of course, unlike the wallaby, her hindlegs moved independently. ❋ Unknown (2009)
