Many of the tank crews had not waited to be hit, having witnessed the fate of others around them; they had opened their lids and hoofed it across the desert.
Creatures get these things on their hooves or cut their mouths on tins—all sorts of trouble occurs.
The bullock eventually became two sides of beef; the hide, the offal, and the hoofs had disappeared.
The carcass may also be salvaged for its hide, and the hooves used for glue and so forth.
By now it must be so densely paced that the marks of our hooves—some of them cloven—are invisible and our repetitious debates have no impact.
When they were near me they reversed themselves and showed me the back end of their hooves.
Another young fellow may go in and do nothing at all, and yet within a few minutes the horse's hooves are kicking out.
Their hooves always disturb the footpath surface and it is very difficult for an estate worker on foot to carry out the necessary overhead pruning.
