Alligators
Badgers Birds Cats Cheetahs Crocodiles Fish Kangaroos Meerkats Moles Monkeys Rats and Mice Squirrels Tigers Woodpeckers |
For swimming
For swimming For flying and for sitting on branches For balance when walking along narrow areas It also allows the cat to land safely on its feet, if it falls For balance when running at speed For swimming For swimming For balance when sitting up For balance when standing up As an aid for moving backwards in the burrow For balance when jumping from tree to tree For balance when moving within narrow spaces For balance when jumping from tree to tree For balance when running at fast speed To help to brace themselves against tree trunks |
Cats
Dogs |
To show anger, greeting, happiness
To show:
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Many birds, including:
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Lizards
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Detach their tails to fool a predator, allowing it to escape. The tail will regrow
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Prehensile Tails
Monkeys Partially Prehensile Tails Anteaters Lizards (some) Newts (some) Rats Snakes Tree Porcupines |
To hold on to branches and hang from trees To pull food off bushes |
Hippopotamuses
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Use their tails to swish their poo around to mark their territory
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Cheetahs
Dolphins Fish Otters Tigers |
To enable them to make sharp turns when running
For thrust and direction To change direction when swimming For swimming To enable them to make sharp turns when running |
Cows
Elephants Giraffes Goats Horses Zebras |
Rats and Mice
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By constricting and dilating their tail blood vessels
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Cats
Rattlesnakes |
Swish their tails from side to side
Rattle their tails as a warning to stay away |
Alligators
Crocodiles Scorpions |
Swings its tail to cause damage
Swings its tail to cause damage Stings with its tail |
Acknowledgement:
All the wonderful photographs on this site were collected via www.google.co.uk under the relevant animal category. Please click on each photograph to be linked to the original source. However, over time, many of the sites have taken down their photographs, so there will be no link. |
Polly Healy
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