"Tell that to Bobcats..."
OK, I'll try but I don't think they'll believe me...


cat info...
http://www.funtrivia.com/Animals/Cats.html
http://ffden-2.phys.uaf.edu/211.web.stuff/Kuhns/gyroscope_motion.htm
and this is good...
http://www.xmission.com/~emailbox/tailtalk.htm

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Bill DeWitt <bde### [at] cflrrcom> wrote in message
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>
> "Rick [Kitty5]" <ric### [at] kitty5com> wrote in message
> news:3b069a89$1@news.povray.org...
> > > The lack of a tail
> > > was simply the lack of a need to add one. After all, a cat uses a tail
> for
> > > maintaining its balance. A robotic cat would not have a true need for
> one.
> >
> > yes it would - nature has decided that cats work well with tails
>
>     Tell that to Bobcats...
>
>     Nature has needs that Robotics does not. Most cats use their tails as
> signaling devices in social and mating actions. Only a few, the Cheetah
> being the most notable example, have any other use for their tail. In
fact,
> I have seen cats lose their prey because their flicking tail gave them
away.
> Here in Florida, a strain of seaside cat has developed that predominately
> has a stub tail. I suspect it is because they catch more lizards. The
mating
> purpose of the tail is superceded by the hunting needs.
>
>     Robot cats would need no tail unless there was a purpose that the
> designer added just for that...
>
>

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