forepaw

She held him high with his forepaws dangling, like a lady’s fur piece in terrible taste.

The creature’s small forepaws reach up and grip my wrist, and I bend down, saying loudly, “Nothing here, see, Rootbeer? Don’t bark at the air.”

He watched until it was just deep enough to mount his forepaws inside.

The little creature at rest with its forepaw raised and a glint in its amber eyes is the piece that inspired de Waal’s acclaimed, best-selling memoir of 2010.

Observers have even reported seeing domestic cats trap two cicadas at once, one under each forepaw.