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as a matter of fact, all mammals have similar bone stuctures. if you
compare a dog's leg and a human leg, you see that they both have knees,
heels, and toes. the knee on a dog, like a human, bends forward. however,
it looks like it bends backward. in actuality, the backward-bending part of
a dog is it's heel and the dog actually walks on it's toes. if you stand on
your toes, you'll get the idea of a dog's hind leg: your knees are still
forward, but your heel is now off the ground and bends backwards. as for
the at-at, i also think that the knees should bend forward (contrary to what
the box shows) as the film exemplifies.
In lugnet.starwars, Mark Mueller writes:
> At 12:58 PM 1/8/03 +0000, Jason J Railton wrote:
>
> > Small quadraped animals (dogs, for example) have reversed knees on the back
> > legs, for running. Very large ones (elephants, or dinosaurs like
> > diplodocus) have/had reversed knees on the front legs, for better balance.
> > The only quadraped that walks with four forward knees is two men in a
> > pantomime horse, but that's how AT-ATs walk.
>
> What???? I think there is something wrong with your dog. ;)
> Dogs knees face forward in the back. Do you mean the front legs?
>
> My two cents,
> Mark M.
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