Thanks for visiting! A few years back, I briefly covered a throwaway Yahoo! article about how âcarbs will make you lose weightâ because so many readers had emailed about it. It turned out that the âcarbsâ in the article were resistant starch, a type of carbohydrate that our digestive enzymes cannot break down. Iâll admit now, with regret, that I didnât look as deeply into the matter as I might have.
Prehensile tails acts like a fifth limb. Monkeys are the most famous creatures with prehensile tails and many tourists on safari have realized this a few moments too late after things vanished before their eyes. Most other animals have non-prehensile tails. source: Kirill Kurashov/shutterstock.com.
(July 2008). A lion 's tail. The tail is the section at the rear end of an animal 's body; in general, the term refers to a distinct, flexible appendage to the torso. It is the part of the body that corresponds roughly to the sacrum and coccyx in mammals, reptiles, and birds.While tails are primarily a feature of vertebrates, some invertebrates including scorpions and springtails, as well as snails and slugs, have tail-like appendages that are sometimes referred to as tails.t is the part of the body that corresponds roughly to the sacrum and coccyx in mammals, reptiles, and birds. While tails are primarily a feature of vertebrates, some invertebrates including scorpions and springtails, as well as snails and slugs, have tail-like appendages that are sometimes referred to as tails.