This bright, colorful book explores the fun and functional world of Animal Tails. Discover talking tails, warning tails, stinging tails, grasping tails, swimming tails, and so many more. Some lizards surrender their tails to predators, then grow new ones, while kangaroos stand on their tails for balance while fighting. Animals such as cats and dogs use their tails to talk to us. A dog's wagging tail says, "I'm so happy!" but a house cat's wagging tail says, "I'm really NOT happy." Some tails, such as scorpion tails, have venom in them, while other tails, such as porcupine and rattlesnake tails, send visual and acoustic warnings. Fun, easy experiments illustrate the ways animal tails work, and cool tail tricks and trivia will amaze family and friends. Glossary and index included. Real science has never been so much fun. Animal Tails follows Animal Tongues (Fall 2009) and Animal Eyes (Spring 2011) in a series designed to explore the amazing diversity of the world's animals.