One taloned paw slid in and slashed viciously at random.

The beast was so close that it might have reached out and touched her with a great, taloned paw.

A taloned paw clawed at him eagerly, slipped from his slime-covered body just as he brought the force blade up.

The lion was already reaching forth a taloned paw to seize him when the bird swooped and buried no less formidable talons in Tarzan's back.

When one of those taloned paws began to move again, Nymani broke.