Position
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Defining Characteristics
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Stylised Drawing
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Example
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Rampant - Rearing
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Body erect, forelegs apart and out, back-rear leg off the ground.
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Salient - Leaping
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Body erect and elongated, forelegs out and together, rear legs together and on the ground
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Courant - Running
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Body elongated, head erect, all four legs extended.
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Passant - walking
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Body horizontal, head angled or erect, three feet touching the ground with the right foreleg raised.
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Statant - standing
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Body horizontal, head angled or erect, all four feet touching the ground.
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Sejant - sitting
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Body angled, head erect, all four legs touching the ground, rear legs curved and front legs straight.
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Sejant Erect - sitting upright
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Body and head erect, the rear legs as in sejant and the forelegs apart and out.
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Sejant Affronty - sitting facing the viewer ("in full aspect")
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As Sejant, but viewed from the front, so the belly of the creature is fully visible. The 'knees' of the rear legs are splayed to give a better 'view'.
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Sejant Erect Affronty - sitting upright facing the viewer
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As Sejant Affronty, but with the forelegs upraised and spread wide.
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Couchant - lying down
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Body horizontal, head erect with legs tucked under the body.
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Dormant - sleeping
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Body horizontal, legs tucked under body and head down in a sleeping position using forelegs as a pillow.
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