Comment on Pern Dragon Skeleton by bronze-dragonrider
Lovely work, Bronzie. And yeah, the hip joints were ball-and-socket...supposedly to give better support for take-off and landing. Though I'm not entirely sure how much that helps with that...O.o
Well, all hip/shoulder joints are ball and socket. But the DLG specifically mentions and depicts ball and socket joints for knees as well, but I couldn't figure out how the muscle attachments would work like that... But I never trust the DLG, and it never mentions this point in the books, so I'm not counting it as canon.
Hmm...I don't remember the DLG mentioning that...I'll have to re-find my copy and look through it again to make sure. I just don't see a ball and socket joint for knees as well...what the hell is the purpose of that?