Subject: Bending forward seems possible.
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Posted on: 2021-12-13 21:01:18 UTC

I can imagine it without significant cognitive stress, anyway. {= ) I mean, horses can extend their necks all the way down to let them graze while standing, so it's not that much of a stretch that the analogous muscles attaching the centaur's humanoid torso to the equine back would work similarly. At least, not if the centaur is in good shape.

The problem is more likely to come from the rib cage, not the spine. Maybe centaurs don't have humanoid ribs? Or, if they do, the ribs must be significantly more flexible, not quite so firmly attached to each other and the breastbone. There must be a breastbone, collarbone, and shoulder blades, otherwise the arms won't work. The pectoral muscles do attach to the ribs, too, but I think you could do away with ribs and instead have a differently shaped breastbone, like a flattened T with wings, to compensate. A centaur might not have quite as much arm strength as a human or the ability to rotate the torso in the same way, but that's what the stalk eyes are for it doesn't need to; the head still turns well enough.

Basically what I'm saying is, the torso isn't a torso, it's a neck with arms on. {; P

~Neshomeh

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