Tell-tale story
of a tail !! ~ this photo made me feel that this squirrel was very happy ! - mere perception ?
Tails are amazing. Do you
wish you had one? If you love climbing trees, you could use a prehensile tail,
such as opossums have. Tails are part of
the evolutionary package for many mammals. Animal’s back is made of a series of small bones
stacked together called vertebra (plural is vertebrae). One way to tell the
difference between monkeys and apes is that monkeys have tails and apes don't.
The phrase “have
(one's) tail up” – would mean : To have an optimistic, confident, or happy
outlook, mindset, or attitude.
with your tail up: If you
do something with your tail up, you are happy and confident when you do it. People
sometimes vary this expression, for example by saying that someone has their
tail up or that something puts their tail up.
put a tail on (someone) is
an idiom and would mean : to have someone follow (another person)
Tails assist animals in
maintaining balance. The tail is used as an aid to help animals keep upright
and balanced. The tail helps many mammals navigate tight spaces and small gaps,
acting as a rudder to direct the animals through thick undergrowth. These bushy
tails also serve a very important
function in preserving their body-heat during their nightly and their wintry
sleep. In cold weather animals with bushy tails will be found lying curled up
with their tails laid carefully over their feet like a rug, and with their
noses buried in the fur of the tail, which is thus used exactly in the same way
and for the same purpose as we use respirators.
Interesting !
25th Sept. 2021.
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