Cold Feet

[icassell]

Hey, buddy, are your feet chilly too?

[Antarctican]

Yoiks! From the bright red colour of their feet, I'd say they may be getting frostbite!

"Cool" pic there Ian!

[Aggie]

A bit more useless trivia.... Birds have a unique sustem in their legs. The veins and such near the tops of their legs have an intertwining placement that actually works like wrapping warming coils around the returning bolld vessels. So in essence yeah the bottom of their webbed or clawed feet are cold, but have minimal blood supply. It is motsly a bit of tough skin and cartilage. Where it is most important they have their internal warming system. Really a great engineering system that I wish we as people had.

Still looks cold. Great shot.

[icassell]

A bit more useless trivia.... Birds have a unique sustem in their legs. The veins and such near the tops of their legs have an intertwining placement that actually works like wrapping warming coils around the returning bolld vessels. So in essence yeah the bottom of their webbed or clawed feet are cold, but have minimal blood supply. It is motsly a bit of tough skin and cartilage. Where it is most important they have their internal warming system. Really a great engineering system that I wish we as people had.

Still looks cold. Great shot.


D***, I could certainly use that adaptation! I need it in my hands too!

:) Thanks. This was on a bit of glacial ice in College Fjord, AK

[PhotoJet]

I think my husband could use that, too! His feet are like ICEBURGS!!! hahaha

I love the picture! Sometimes you take your rest where you can! hahaha :)