Which one of these has a Prehensile tail?
A prehensile tail is used by animals to grasp and hold objects. Mostly arboreal creatures have it and use for getting food from the trees. Some tails are not adapted for grasping small object, but they help animals in moving: for example, in dangling from branches. Such tails are called partially prehensile.
What are your thoughts on this subject?
28 Comments
Rob Orr
Frankly I'm pleased that sharks don't have a prehensile tail, worrying about the front part is bad enough without also having to worry about the back end as well!
Ken Putnam
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fdeisner
John W Shreve,
Exactly cuz he has a prehensile tail? 🤪
Joris van Pelt
many Skinks, Porkupines, Capuchin and Spider monkeys, Anteaters, Pangolines, Kinkajou,
and Tamandua are Prehensile Tailed.
Richard G Schwartz
Beautiful looking bird.
Ilias Tsiabardas
Got it
Lupe Hernandez
Brin Lewis, No, the O is pronounced in opossum which is a Native American marsupial, Possum is native to Australia.
Denise Currie
Worst set ever for me only 6 correct and one of those was a guess.
Joseph A. Robitaille
I didn't know what the word meant.
Morton Bartlett
Also a Possum(Australian Brush Tail Possum) which is different to an Opossum
Rob Farr
A good zoological trivia question, and a concise but adequate explanation.
David Holmes
Brin Lewis, it is still spelled with an O
Gracie
Is this really "geography"?
Ike Hinlo Caceres
Some alligator lizards, chameleon lizards and crested geckos and their relatives have prehensile tails.
Brin Lewis
Point of information: It should be "a opossum," not "an opossum" since the word is pronounced possum.