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horses have long legs because horses oringinated on the wild plains so had to run and jump away from predators
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∙ 9y agoHorse tails are very helpful to horses. Horses use their tails to swat bugs and flies off of their bodies.
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∙ 9y agoElephants, like many animals, have long tails to swat off insects that are being a bother to them. Their tail acts like a whip.
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∙ 7y agoMany animals use their tails for balance. However some primates can also use them for grasping onto things.
Animals have long tails for balance for when running
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∙ 14y agoHorses use their tails to keep flies off them because flies bite.
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∙ 14y agomost of the time it's to help keep balance, one example is a cat.
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What small animals with pointed noses and long tails?
Many of the small animals that have pointed noses and long tails are rodents. That means that these animals include mice and rats.
What animals dont have tails?
Animals such as frogs, hampsters, insects and spiders dont have tails.
What animals have a long tail?
The animal with the longest tail also has a pretty long neck. The male giraffe has a longer tail than the female. The male's tail can grow up to an incredible eight feet in length! The female giraffe's tail is not quite as long. Archaeologists discovered that prior to the giraffe, the animal with the longest tail was a dinosaur called the Diplodocus. From a dig to recover this huge animal in 1878, they found from the skeleton that the Diplodocus' tail was almost three times as long as its body.
What animals have pointed nose and long tails?
I think it might be an elephant but dont hold me to it!
What group of animals have no heads or tails?
crab
What small animals with pointed noses and long tails?
Many of the small animals that have pointed noses and long tails are rodents. That means that these animals include mice and rats.
What are little animals that have long tails?
Cats
Little animals with long tails?
rat
What are little animals with long tails on Halloween?
rodent
Why do desert animals need long tails?
I don't think desert-adapted animals have long tails. They generally try to stay as small as possible to avoid massive heat build-up.
What are animals with prehensil?
Animals with prehensile tails are animals whose tails are able to grip.
Burrowing animals with long tails and dark fur around eyes?
It is either a meerkat or a mongoose
What is an little animals with long tails?
A monkey, dog, mouse, squirrel, beaver, or cat is a small animal with a long tail.
What animals dont have tails?
Animals such as frogs, hampsters, insects and spiders dont have tails.
What animals have a long tail?
The animal with the longest tail also has a pretty long neck. The male giraffe has a longer tail than the female. The male's tail can grow up to an incredible eight feet in length! The female giraffe's tail is not quite as long. Archaeologists discovered that prior to the giraffe, the animal with the longest tail was a dinosaur called the Diplodocus. From a dig to recover this huge animal in 1878, they found from the skeleton that the Diplodocus' tail was almost three times as long as its body.
What animals have pointed nose and long tails?
I think it might be an elephant but dont hold me to it!
What kinds of turtles have long tails and long claws?
Snapping turtles have long tails and claws
