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The better to swim with, large forepaws to help pull them through the water at surprisingly fast speeds, and the back legs and paws are used as rudders! ON ice, they help evenly distribute their massive weight over thin ice while walking, muffle their footsteps so they can hunt in a "stealth mode" and give good traction on the ice as well. Their paw can measure a foot across and has tufts of hair in between the black pads, which have little bumps called "papillae", these help with traction.

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