Wilt

[pitbulllady]

Originally Posted by x_dummkoff_x

y'know,
I got this random thought,
y'know how wilt has those gecko-like fingers?
yeah, do you think they're webbed too?

No, if Wilt had webbed toes and fingers, you would be able to SEE them. Geckoes don't have webbed fingers, by the way, since they are not aquatic, but arboreal. Wilt probably has those rows of velvety-feeling tiny hairlike structures on his fingertips, just like some lizards(not just geckoes)and tarantula spiders, which are called "scopulae", and are designed to help with gripping things and, in the case of the tarantulas and lizards, clinging to vertical surfaces via the the surface tension fine layer of water vapor which covers virtually everything. Those finger and toe pads do NOT feel "sticky", like a tree frog's, by the way, but have a velvety texture to them. I've had many a lizard and many a tarantula walking around on me, to be able to find out! In Wilt's case, these probably help to grip a basketball, so he would not have to resort to doing illegal things like putting resin on his hands, like basketball players sometimes do. Since he has shown no indication that he even likes swimming, he would not need webbed digits, which are designed to enhance swimming ability.

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