So the other day I was cutting my toenails when *SHAZAM* it hit me:


What does our big fury friend do about maintaining his toenails?!?!?

I've read reports that mention fingernails, but has there been one in which TOENAILS were seen?

Do any tracks show toenail details?

Does a Quatch even have toenails?

Do orangs/chimps/gorillas have them? If so what are they like?


Any Help Would Be Awesome,
The QuatchWatcher

Never... never, when I have trimmed my toe-nails, have I thought about Bigfoot.

Well, my friend, I can admit that it happen to me:

The setting: My back deck, Salem, OR.

The time: May 22nd, 2004 - mid-afternoon.

The duration: 3-4 minutes.

The reason: I'm obsessed.

The result: Yet to be determined.


Quatch On,
The QuatchWatcher

Singapore Zoological Gardens Primate Page

"Except for marmosets and tamarins, all primates have flat fingernails and toenails instead of claws."

I would guess they maintain them like other animals that have toenails without human intervention, like coyotes, wolves etc., they simply wear down so they never get too long.

Hey moregon... link doesn't seem to work.

Egads.. somehow link for another post ended up in there.. try it now!

Danke Schon, mein Freund!

Das ist besser gehen.

I can't find the post but I'm sure there have been prints that show toenails.

I actually met someone near my hometown that had a sighting of footprints in a muddy field in Kansas when she was a child walking home from school. When she was describing them to me, she said "One of the footprints was perfect.
The mud had squished between its toes, and the marks left where toenails
were, very plain. (Like the toenails had grown over the end of its
toe, curving over the end.)"

Of course they didn't think about casting them because it was such an odd thing to see and at the time they didn't think about Bigfoot or anything like it. If I remember right she said there were two sets, one large and a small set as if it was an adult and a young one.

Cut4sign

I don't think that statement is completely true. IIRC, the aye aye has claws on all but the first digit, and several other prosimian species have one or two "grooming claws."

-Vern

I believe toenail impressions were one of the secret authenticating details that Krantz looked for.

THANK YOU ROGER!

Very interesting. I will look into the "Krantz Factor" further.


Quatch On,
The QuatchWatcher