They hold their food between their forelegs while sitting on their haunches. The croup is sloping, the haunches well-muscled, and the back, short with a strong loin. Pendulous wing-like folds of skin form on the cat's back, shoulders and haunches. Grounded hemispherical domes generate significant horizontal thrusts at their haunches. Some, particularly women, show signs of steatopygia, or accumulated fat in the buttocks and haunches. They have large, long heads, strong necks, long backs, short croups and round haunches. Preference is given to an animal that will naturally sit upright on its haunches. It can sit up on its haunches like a squirrel. Wolves typically kill moose by tearing at their haunches and perineum, causing massive blood loss. Mills trained his horse to pose on its haunches. The brand is usually located on a horse's haunches or neck.