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Camera lenses on the creatures’ chests took photos of their surroundings, which were then churned through an artificial-intelligence filter before eventually shooting out from printers embedded in their hindquarters onto the fair floor.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 5, 2025

Okapis are also called forest giraffes because of their long necks and zebra-like stripes on their hindquarters, which act as camouflage in their rainforest habitat.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2023

I’ve identified two trigger points on his hindquarters.

From Washington Post Feb. 26, 2023

P-22 first surprised and delighted Angelenos — and the world — in 2012, when a motion-sensing camera captured an image of his hindquarters and tail in Griffith Park.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 28, 2022

The rail spun away to the left, and Whichcee’s hindquarters rose and fell beside them.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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