动物尾巴的各种功能（英语版）

Honeybee's tail is a weapon which

stings the enemy ;

Scorpion's tail is used for attacking

the enemy

Cat's tail is to use balance , Can be

used for fishing too

Rattle snake's tail is used for attracting the little

animal , The little animal becomes its delicious food .

Have one a kind of fish name little water Ma fish, It has no eyes , there is electricity on its

tail, Other close to its tail in fish, little water will escape by Ma fish.

Fly over the surface of water dragonfly, order

water several times tail, It is here that is to

lay eggs.

Sea otter's tail is a siren , enemy is close to it , It

will escape at once .

Bear's mouse's long tail has its magical effects too . When rebuke mice and jump to the eminerce, It makes waist suffocate the foot strength could jump up back leg and tail.

While crossing electric wires, it keeps balance of body with the tail too , Hold the long pole the samly in the hand while looking like acrobat tight-wire walking.

The bird regards as the aircraft . Bird's tail has the long also wide feather , These seem the fan while launching by feather, Can rotate

flexible enoughly, easy to grasp the direction of flying. The bird's tail functions as while flying .

Kangaroo's tail is thick and also long , covered with the muscle. It can support kangaroo's health when the kangaroo has a rest , Can jump to blow to help

kangaroos to more farther soon in the kangaroo again . It runs into emergency how long kangaroo can jump out 10 meters with the help of .

Deer's tail is little and short also also , but it is an important alarm . Work as dangerously while taking nearly deer groups, find the deer that enemies

hurt will hold up the tail at first , The ones that emerge followingly are a bit brighter , send out the alarm to companion. Deer group will flee from at

once as soon as deer group receives the alarm .

People often say rabbit's tail is not long , Actually, rabbit's short tail can in urgent cases help rabbits to flee for life . When the rabbit is bitten into by the

beast of prey , the rabbit uses " taking off the skin and count" at once , Take off and thus gained fleeing for life tail" skin suit".

Platypus' tail is hairy , Use simultaneously it is thick it is getting stronger also in last fat a lot of at the area, It works as

winter whether mail interimly thick tail full of more fat can help it to keep out the cold , And offer essential nutrition.

That grassland run horse, to last to be elegant tail, Extremely spirited. While running, the very good balance function has blown horse's tail. The horse regards

the tail as " fly swatter" at ordinary times, Throws right and drives away and initiate the mosquito that attacked to it getting rid of on the left, The Gadfly and

horse botfly.

Family mouse's tail is the good assistant creeping , Can help it to climb to there here the wall. Mouse can still even tick the syrup or

cream in the bottle with the tail in the home, Then take back the tail and taste the delicious food.

It is a monkey on the monkey's mountain the most interesting one, The tail is " the fifth hand" of it .

Utilize tail scurry and make and flee in front of tree monkey, Seize the food with the tail sometimes.

It is covered on the body that the little squirrel regards the tail as the cotton-wadded quilt while sleeping ;

At what mouth of style of the chisel seek woodpecker in the trunk at the pest , Regard as the important strut thing

with the durable tail.

Gecko's tail, it is thin and also long, The gecko can comes from and defends with it . Want and catch gecko and often thought and seize gecko's tail according to living and catch it other animal, Actually the gecko can

take off the tail to break , Run away at once and make and take and catch its animal to like frely Once. Take off and break original tail gecko, may a and then longer pair of new tail will come .

Swallow, sparrow, the crow waits for many kinds of birds' tail , Be able to be while flying the balanced , adjust the speed, Change the direction, control lift , So call " omnipotent rudder . Woodpecker's tail, a little special. It very hard strong, can support

woodpeckers and park and peck worms and draw the food on the trunk , Keep body balanced when can still help woodpeckers and climb the trunk . At the same time, it can play the function of general bird's tail too when the woodpecker flies .

Mule's horse's tail, from very long thick hair composition, Can control and get rid of

moving . Mosquito that it be able to drive leaving behind the mule's horse , The

horsefly and fly.

Dog's tail can express the happiness, anger, grief and joy emotion : Having seen the host coming, it can be getting vertical , Swing ceaselessly, it is glad to express; While getting

a trashing, dog's tail inserts running away , Demonstrate the in panic appearance. When the dog sees strangers , droop the tail down, Express indignation and protest.

Live in Central America, an anteater in South America, Meet and rain or at the burning sun, hold up tail

make taking in the umbrella, Sleep and spread the tail in the woollen blanket fooled of ground in the

evening .

African crocodile's tail, is strong to pray on the tool. Under the general situation, the African crocodile lies on the bank of the river silently , Work up even move

. As soon as the prey jumps to get up close to it , Get rid of and move the tail, sweep the prey into water , Then attack and bite into eating up.

Most fish, in order to live while adapting to water, The form of tail all look like fan a bit , While swinging hard, like propeller being the same,

Pushing forward the body to swim forward, at the same time, The fish Tail control direction , give the function of rudder .

In the spider monkey growing in the tropical forest in South America, There is a tail longer yet than body, The use is even bigger than the four limbs , so it is called the fifth" hand" that people are in charge of it . While eating the things, the spider's monkey twines the long tail , Hang

the body on the branch steady and steadily , Have meal with the foot using simultaneously . While having a rest, it is often hung upside down and sleeps , The tail will not come off either even if fast asleep. While jumping to go around between the tree and tree, Extremely better give play

to the great function too grip tail.

Known as " the kings of numerous beasts" tiger, Besides there are favourables tooth of sharp , that thick also long tail after the body, Is its strong weapon of

another one. When the tiger attacks preys and fails to get , Know and swing and move the tail, sweep to the other like steel , Knock down the prey.

蜜蜂的尾巴是叮敌人的武器；

蝎子的尾巴是用来攻击敌人的

猫的尾巴是用来平衡的，也可以用来钓鱼

响尾蛇的尾巴用来吸引小动物，小动物就成了它的美餐。

有一种鱼叫做小水马鱼，它没有眼睛，它尾巴上有电，别的鱼靠近它的尾巴，小水马鱼就会逃走。

蜻蜓飞过水面，尾巴点几下水，就是在产卵。

海獭的尾巴是警报器，敌人靠近它，它就会立刻逃走。

熊鼠的长尾巴也有它的妙用。当熊鼠往高处跳的时候，必须使腰、后腿和尾巴都憋足了力才能跳起来。在过电线的时候，它也用尾巴保持身体的平衡，就像杂技演员走钢丝时手里拿着长杆一样。

鸟把尾巴当作飞行器。鸟的尾巴上长着又长又宽的羽毛，这些羽毛展开时好像扇子，能够灵活转动，便于掌握飞行方向。鸟尾在飞行时起着舵的作用。

袋鼠的尾巴又粗又长，长满肌肉。它既能在袋鼠休息时支撑袋鼠的身体，又能在袋鼠跳跃起帮助袋鼠跳得更快更远。一旦遇到紧急情况，袋鼠在尾巴的帮助下能跳出10米多远。

鹿的尾巴又小又短，然而它却是重要的报警器。当危险带近鹿群时，首先发现敌害的鹿会竖起尾巴，露出下面的亮点，向同伴发出警报。鹿群一接到警报就会马上逃离。

人们常说兔子的尾巴长不了，其实，兔子的短尾巴可以在紧急情况下帮助兔子逃命。当兔子被猛兽咬住时，兔子立刻使用"脱皮计"，将尾巴的"皮套"脱下，从而赢得逃命的刹那间。

鸭嘴兽的尾巴毛茸茸的，并用又粗又壮，里面积蓄着很多很多的脂肪。当冬季来临时，充满脂肪的粗尾巴能帮助它御寒，并提供必需的营养。

草原上奔跑的骏马，尾巴向后飘逸，神气极了。在奔跑时，马的尾巴起了很好的平衡作用。平时马儿又将尾巴当作"苍蝇拍"，左抛右甩地驱赶对它发起攻击的蚊子、牛虻和马蝇.

家鼠的尾巴是爬行的好帮手，可以帮助它沿着墙壁从这儿爬到那儿。家鼠甚至还能用尾巴勾出瓶子中的糖浆或奶油，然后收回尾巴品尝这些美味佳肴。

最有趣的是猴山上的猴子，尾巴是它的"第五只手"。猴子利用尾巴在树上窜来窜去，有时又用尾巴攫取食物。

小松鼠睡觉时用尾巴当作棉被盖在身上; 啄木鸟用凿子样的嘴巴寻觅树干中的害虫时，用结实的尾巴作为重要的支撑物。

壁虎的尾巴，又细又长，壁虎可以用它来自卫。别的动物要捉壁虎时，往往以为揪住或按住壁虎的尾巴就可以捉住它，其实壁虎可以将尾巴脱断，马上逃掉，使要捉它的动物空喜一场。壁虎脱断原有尾巴后，不久还可以再长出一条新尾巴来。

燕子、麻雀、乌鸦等多种鸟类的尾巴，能在飞行时平衡身体、调整速度、改变方向、控制升降，所以称它为“万能的舵”。啄木鸟的尾巴，有点特殊。它很坚硬有力，能支撑着啄木鸟停在树干上啄虫取食，还能帮助啄木鸟攀登树干时保持身体平衡。同时，在啄木鸟飞行时它也可以起到一般鸟尾巴的作用。

骡马的尾巴，由很长的粗毛组成，可以左右甩动。它能驱赶落在骡马身上的蚊、虻和苍蝇。

狗的尾巴能表达喜怒哀乐情感：见到主人来了，它能竖起来，不停地摆动，表示高兴；挨了打时，狗的尾巴就夹起来逃跑，表现出惊慌失措的样子。狗见到生人时，将尾巴耷拉下来，表示愤怒和抗议。

生活在中美洲、南美洲的食蚁兽，遇到下雨或烈日时，竖起尾巴来当伞用，晚上睡觉把尾巴铺在地上当毛毯。

非洲鳄的尾巴，是有力的捕食工具。一般情况下，非洲鳄静静地卧在河边，一动也不动。一旦猎物靠近了它，便一跃而起，甩动尾巴，一下把猎物扫进水里，然后扑上去咬住吃掉。

大多数鱼类，为了适应水中生活，尾巴的形状都有点像扇子，用力摆动时，好像推进器一样，推动身体向前游，同时，鱼类的尾巴还能够控制方向，起着舵的作用。

在生在南美洲热带森林中的蜘蛛猴，有一条比身体还长的尾巴，用处比四肢还大，因此人们管它叫第五只“手”。在吃东西时，蜘蛛猴缠绕长尾，把身体稳稳悬在树枝上，和脚并用地进餐。休息时，它常常倒挂着睡觉，即使睡熟了，尾巴也不会脱落。在树与树之间跳跃游荡时，具有极强卷握力的尾巴也发挥了极大的作用。

号称“百兽之王”的老虎，除了有尖牙利齿之外，身后那条又粗又长的尾巴，是它另一个有力武器。当老虎攻击猎物扑空时，会抡动尾巴，像钢鞭似的扫向对方，把猎物击倒。