Foot and Body Movements

What does show up in a track?

Deer and tire tracks on wet dirt road

How the body was being used?

Where does a track begin?  

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Skunk claw drag marks

Concept Illustrated: Movement of a body part … a claw tip

The idea: What was the last little bit of the body that influenced the track?  What does that last little bit have to tell?  One limitation to interpreting the story accurately are the tracker’s preconceptions: for example the movements of each part involved.  So, how do they move?

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