Editing Heel (section)

== Other animals ==
In the long-footed mammals, both the hoofed species ([[unguligrade]]) and the clawed forms which walk on the toes ([[digitigrade]]), the heel is well above the ground at the apex of the angular joint known as the [[hock (zoology)|hock]]. In [[plantigrade]] species, it rests on the ground. In birds, the heel is the backward-pointing joint which is often mistaken as the "[[knee]]" (the actual knee of birds is hidden under the plumage).