Stilts

Can you walk on stilts?

Many mangrove forests can be recognized by their dense tangle of prop roots that make the trees appear to be standing on stilts above the water.

No matter that we may mount on stilts, we still must walk on our own legs. And on the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.

It requires a certain amount of practice to be able to walk on stilts.

The houses on the shore are built on stilts.

As a child, I spent time with my family in a Philippine bamboo cabin on stilts amidst a lake. We tried fishing.

Stilts are a lost art.

Chickens and pigs forage for food in the hardscrabble earth around wooden houses on stilts.

Have you ever walked on stilts?

Secretary birds are basically eagles on stilts.