He knelt beside me and indicated the larger impression. “Yuh, see, this would have been left by the lowermost extremity of the metatarsals, the foot bones that connect directly to the tibia and fibula—locked together, for strength.” He indicated the smaller ones. “And these, these are the phalanges, or toe bones—see how they’re splayed to support the animal’s weight? That’s because this was a big creature, 7-8 tons, at least. Other than that, they’re not so different from our own; here’s the proximal phalanx, which is connected to the metatarsal, and the middle phalanx, and the distal phalanx. Or at least that’s where they would have been beneath the flesh, which is what left the impress—”
“Stop it,” I snapped, and stood abruptly. “Just ... Look. What are you saying?”
“I’m saying this wa
