Animal Tails

Why do animals have tails? Parents and kids take turns reading about awesome animals and how their tails help them move, communicate, and stay safe. Do you know why peacocks fan out their colorful fancy feathers, or how opposums hang upside-down from trees? Whether to seek attention, keep their balance, or move from place to place, animals have tails for a lot of different reasons. Discover flat tails, curly tails, strong tails, and colorful tails of all kinds in this National Geographic Kids Co-reader. Learn all about why animals–from monkeys to opposums to ring-tailed lemurs–have tails and how they use them.