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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

Mule deer — with their white hindquarters and regal antlers — were first brought to the island in 1928 as game animals, according to Barton.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 8, 2025

Those that do can lose coordination and appetite and have confusion, fever, stiffness and muscle weakness in their hindquarters.

From Seattle Times Sep. 26, 2023

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

One of the men slipped off the wet hindquarters and fell.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri




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