Not all animal's have tails and it also depends on the type of tail and the animal. Some use the tail for balance some for grabbing things, some for whipping away flying bugs that annoy them, some for all the reasons above.
a tail
lizards use their tail to hit the enemies
A shrew has a long nose and a tail.
as alert-push & plull of tail makes the wave of tail
platypus
Most animals with a tail are mammals EX- cat, dog.. BUT fish can also have tails too...:D BYE
The coccyx forms a really short tail in humans. It is related to a regular tail in other animals that have them.
The giraffe has the longest tail of the land animals in the world. It is eight feet long. The blue whale has the longest tail of all the marine animals.
prehensile tail
gsthbe
bradley coldicott the giant
Tail