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Nonfiction

What Tails Can Do

Animals use their tails in many different ways. Some animals,

way ߑߨ ߑध
like monkeys, use their tails to swing from tree to tree. Some
swing ൄ ਑૒੉׮
animals, like lizards, use their tails for self-defense. Scorpions lizard ب݃ߗ
self-defense
use their tails as a weapon. It has poison in it. Fish use their ੗ӝ ߑয
scorpion ੹т
tails to move through water. Kangaroos and squirrels use their
weapon ޖӝ
tails to help themselves balance. Birds use their tails to help poison ة
themselves
themselves fly in the sky. Ӓٜ ੗न
balance Ӑഋਸ ੟׮
communicate
Cats and dogs use their tails to communicate. They can use their
੄ࢎࣗాਸ ೞ׮
tails to express many emotions such as fear and excitement. express ಴അೞ׮
emotion х੿
Dogs wag their tails to greet their owners. fear ف۰਑

excitement
൜࠙ नթ
Do you have a pet with a tail? If you do, how does the pet use its wag Ԙܻܳ ൔٜ׮
greet ੋࢎೞ׮
tail? owner ઱ੋ

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