When threatened, the long-toed salamander will wave its tail and secrete an adhesive white milky substance that is noxious and likely poisonous.
When it perceives food nearby, it begins to slowly wave its tail back and forth; its caudal fin resembles a small fish, complete with a dark eyespot at the base.
Skinks often move or wave their tails in order to direct predators away from their bodies.
Those that did not wave their tails, however, did.
In fact, when squirrels that unknowingly stumbled into areas where there was a hidden snake became aware of the danger, they would stop, stare directly at the snake, and wave their tails fearlessly even at distances of only 13 cm (see video).
If you keep leaning on your tail and applying pressure on your tail you won't keep spinning around, but you will stop and pull off the back of the wave, or your tail will catch in the wave and you will dig in the tail and fall.
The dog licks Paddy's face and trots away waving his tail and Paddy is delighted with himself.
Suddenly, he executes a leap, directs a current of water at her, faces her, and bends his tail forward alongside his body; by waving his tail, he sends toward her a gentle current of water that probably carries a chemical stimulant.
I experienced heart-thumping seconds when I saw such scenes as the blue bird of paradise flip over to his upside-down position and perform his astonishing hanging display, spreading his breast plumes into a fan, bouncing and buzzing, and waving his tail wires.
Men in boldly checked shirts faced off with low-slung boxy furniture, a child's toy horse on the floor and an iron on a wide, flat table, while digital views through the windows encompassed high rises, with passing clouds and flocks of birds or a pussy cat waving its tail.
