Do you know the special function of animal tails?

Almost all animals have tails

but their tails function differently

Some animals use their tails as flying machines

Some animals use their tails as a balancer

Some animals use their tails as weapons or warehouses

Some animals even use their tails to express their emotions

For birds

The primary function of the tail is to control the direction of flight.

Birds have plump feathers on their tails, like a fan, and they can control the direction of flight by turning their tails flexibly. For woodpeckers, its rigid and elastic tail also supports the body. While grasping the trunk with the toe, it can use the tail as a fulcrum to keep the body stable.

For fish

There are two main functions of the tail: one is to push forward, and the other is to control the direction.

The swing of the fish's tail puts pressure on the water around the fish's body and gets the momentum to move forward under the reaction force of the water. According to the principle of the fishtail swinging and controlling the direction, people imitated the scull and rudder of the boat, so that the boat could sail freely in the water.

There are many animals that use their tails as a balancer

Such as cows, horses, cats, kangaroos, etc. Cows and horses have longer tails that stand up when running to balance the body. Kangaroos are different from cows and horses. They use their hind limbs to jump forward and achieve balance by controlling the position of their tails. The cat's tail is connected to the tailbone. When jumping from a height, the tail is straight. It keeps the tail in a straight line by constantly twisting it to control the balance of the body so that it can land on all four feet at the same time.

Some animals use their tails as weapons

After the crocodile finds the prey by the river, it will quickly sweep its tail, hit the prey into the river, and then attack with its fangs to have a full meal. Bees and wasps have stinging needles at the end of their abdomens. The stinging needles are connected to venom glands. When attacking the enemy, they will use the stinging needle to sting and inject venom to poison the enemy. The scorpion has a pair of venom glands hidden in its tail. It keeps its tail lifted when walking. When encountering prey and enemies, it will clamp each other with double stings, pierce its tail thorns and inject venom.

Rattlesnakes are one of the very rare animals to make sounds with their tails

They are not born with vocalization, but after molting again and again, they leave a string of horny rings on their tails, and they have the function of vocalization. There is a cavity in the horny ring, and the inside of the cavity is divided into two annular vacuoles by the keratinized epidermis. When the tail swings, the air flows in and out of the vacuoles, and a sound is made under the back-and-forth vibration. The rattlesnake tail can swing at a frequency of 40 to 60 times per second, and the sound can be transmitted as far as 30 meters away, enough to scare other animals away.

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Dogs express their minds and emotions through their tails

In the presence of their owners, they will show intimacy by wagging their tails, and after losing a fight with other species, they will clip their tails and run away in frustration.

Except for a few animals whose tails have degenerated, the vast majority of animals have retained their tails during natural evolution. The tails of different animals are quite different in appearance, but they all have their own unique uses and play a major role in their survival.