Jurassic dinosaurs and today's elephants have surprising similarities in their heels.
—almost as high as the White House—because their feet had cushions which helped their massive bodies move without crushing their foot bones.
Soft tissue pads underneath the heel were necessary for sauropod dinosaurs to walk without causing tissue damage or breaking any bones. Similar to elephants, the pad cushion directed the loads away from the bones., a senior lecturer of anatomy and developmental biology at Monash University, says the idea of fleshy foot pads came from looking at the fat pads found in elephants, rhinoceroses, and other living giants.
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