What are Animal Tails for (1971)

[Music] do you see that we see that then let's talk about that all right does a cow have a head yes a cow has a head what is a head for mooing chewing keep thinking drinking that's what a head's for and what are its legs for to walk through the meadow and hold up its head oh that's what legs are for very good very good and what is a tail for tail for tail for what is a tail for that's what I asked cows have tails cows have tails what is a tail for tell us what a tail for horses have tails horses have tails what is a tail for tell us what it tails for birds have tails tell us what it tails for fish have tails tell us what a Tail's for snakes have tails lizard s have tails please oh please won't you tell us what a tails for fat tails flat Tails long tails strong Tails furry feathery hairy woolly tails and Tails and Tails and Tails all shap sh and sizes and colors say would you like to know what tals are for yes hooray I knew you would all right let's start you'll see that you're really very smart we'll think about tals Tails Tails you'll discover for yourselves what I already know there are so many uses for animal Tales shall we start let's go what's this a kangaroo can you see what his tail helps him do it's thick and strong can I guess even if I might be wrong can you guess yes I can see when he sits that he keeps it on the ground and he also keeps it down while he's hopping around then how does it seem to you that a tail helps the kangaroo he sits on his tail it's just like a seat he almost seems to have three hind feet and so you've discovered that this sort of a tail is useful for support now what do you see in the branches of this tree little girl a squirrel do you think you can tell how he gets around so well he uses his tail to help him go from one narrow Branch to the branches below he doesn't fall off though I know he might like a tight rope Walker in the circus right so in other words what you're trying to say is the squirrel helps to keep his balance that way balance and support balance and support animals use tails for balance and support what's this a beaver he's cutting down a tree for a dam are you thinking with me while he's cutting down the tree how he's using his tail I am for balance balance he's using his tail for balance here are birds hi Birds a bird has a tail we know is it furry no is it leathery no is it hairy no it's feathery so with a feathery tail and the help of his toes what can he do wherever he goes balance balance balance and support animals use their tails for balance and support it seems to me that it's easy to see that animals use their taals for balance and support animal tals animal tals so many uses for animal tals what's this that's a fish does a fish have a tail yes a fish have a tail it moves when he swims it moves when he turns it helps him stop it helps him go in other words what you're trying to say is that animals move and steer that way move and steer move move and steer tails help animals and steer tadpole Tails how do they help move and steer alligator tails how do they help move and steer porpus tals how do they help move and steer move and steer animals use tails to move and steer and can you see why tails help birds fly move and Ste move and steer for balance and support to move and to steer so many uses for animal tales and here is another one for you monkeys in a zoo a monkey has a tail a long long tail watch what they do with their tails watch how she holds with her tail how can she hold on tight with her tail how can they swing left or right with their tail so in other words what you're trying to say is that monkeys touch and hold that way touch and hold touch and hold tails help animals touch and hold here are some animals do any of you know what these animals are called I do seahorses seahorses that's right and see how the seahorses are holding on tight what is this one holding on with it's tail so what do they use to hold on with their tails touch and hold touch and hold tails help animals touch and hold balance and support move and steer touch and hold these are the ways that we've been told ooh that's an alligator hi there alligator look what a big strong tail it's got big and strong thick and long a tail can help an animal protect itself hi there cow look at her now her tail is protecting her can't see how think very carefully think about flies flies flies flies might tickle and flies might bite a cow needs protection from flies that's right so how does she do it with her tail with a tail a tail helps an animal protect itself flies on a cound its tail goes swish flies on a horse and its tail goes swish swish goes the tail of an elephant too swish swish a tail helps an animal protect itself hi there skunk look at its tail that's a warning let's run or we'll be sunk skunks make a smell and they do it very well well and if you don't stay and you do run away the skunk feels safer so what do you say a tail helps an animal protect itself protect itself animal Tales animal Tales so many uses for animal Tales balance and support move and steer touch and hold protect itself tails are useful things I guess do you know of any other uses for them yes what a happy dog how do you know his wagging tail tells me so here's a wagging tail but that's a cat and the cat is angry when his tail WS like that a peacock's tail is important in his life it helps him get himself a wife the tale of a pheasant works that way too and that's also what the tale of a pig pigeon can do animal tals animal tals so many uses for animal Tales balance and support animal tals move and steer animal tals touch and hold animal tails and they help an animal protect itself animal tails animal tals tails and Tails and Tails and Tails and animal [Music] tals