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All about the opossum tail and what it is used for - Opossum's tail and opposable thumb on the hind feet come in very handy because they are primary "tools" opossum uses to climb the trees. Opossum's tail is hairless, long and very flexible and capable. Opossum climbs trees either to run away from predators or to find food in birds nests (eggs or young birds). Although opossums are often presented in cartoons as animals that hang from their tails from trees, this is not actually so, because adult opossum couldn't keep his weight with his tail for any longer period of time. Young opossums do like to play the game of hanging by tail from trees, but this is also short-term, not something that lasts till adulthood.

Primary usage of tails is to help them while climbing up the trees, moving from one branch to other, keeping the balance during this climbing and descending. Opossums use their tail during walking and running for balancing purposes. It has also been noted that opossums have carried grass or bunch of leaves to their temporary nests, which means that they can use their tails for specific purposes. Opossums are often considered a bit sluggish and not very intelligent animals because when noted during day, when they have been captured, they didn't fight back and if caught by neck they would simply give in and play opossum. Not fighting back can be really bad strategy, especially if animal is captured by a larger predator, which has lead many to consider opossums stupid animals. However, it should be noted that opossums are primarily nocturnal animals, i.e. they are active during night-only on rare occasions being active during day. This is one valid explanation for belief that opossums are not very smart-they simply don't have that much energy during the day, which is a valid explanation why opossums seem "slow" during the day.

Quite on the opposite, their handy usage of tail proves that opossums can organize themselves very well. They use tail for wide variety of activities, including balance, climbing, running and carrying things around. Young opossums hang off from branches attached with their tails, which shows their playful quality. This shows that opossums are quite capable and skillful rodents that use tail as efficiently and effectively as it was a fifth limb, which is a remarkable quality.

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