Elephant x-ray reveals human-like foot inside giant padded foot

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An X-ray of an elephant’s foot reveals something unexpected: instead of a solid, column-like structure, the bones form what looks eerily like a small human foot tucked inside a much larger one.

What appears to be a “human” foot is actually the elephant’s skeletal structure, suspended within thick pads of fat that distribut…