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A mammal that decided fingernails were boring and grew its entire foot into one.

means A hoofed mammal that walks on the tips of its toes, like horses, cows, deer, and pigs.

from From Latin ungula, little hoof, itself a shrunken ungula of unguis, claw or nailso every horse is technically tiptoeing on a thickened toenail.

Toe countOdd-toed horses versus even-toed cows and deer.
Whale cousinsWhales evolved from even-toed land ungulates.
Standing tallThey permanently walk on their toetips, never the sole.
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