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Figure 17-23 • Hunting cormorant cruises just beneath the surface of the water. Its hind foot is seen in the foreground alongside the tail
and resembles a scuba diver’s swim fi ns.
Figure 17-24 • Feet of a hawk showing a traumatic amputation of the nail on the right base claw.
by dislocations and fractures. Amputations may fracture-dislocations may also occur anywhere but are
involve any digit at any level, but are inclined to most apt to involve the distal aspect of the digit (Figure
occur more distally, often involving the claw (Figure 17-25).
17-24). Likewise, fractures, dislocations, and combined
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