Sure, a tail can be long, short, fluffy, or hairless, but how do animals use their tails? Are they merely decorative? No way. We'll show you the incredible ways that animals use their tails.

Originally released by Bellum Entertainment/Midori Entertainment, 2012. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on July 11, 2016.

Tale of Tails (4:35); --Animal Facts (4:23); -- Tell a Monkey from an Ape (3:06); -- Animal Facts (4:12); -- Marine Mammals and Reptiles (4:03); -- Credits: What’s in a Tail?: Animal Atlas (1:19); .