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[[Prehensile Tail]]s can be flexible enough to hit things but not all of them are powerful enough to be effective deterrents. For added power, some tails have a weapon attached. See [[Beware My Stinger Tail]] for those. Also compare with [[Combat Tentacles]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' has Goku, Korin and Freeza do this. Usually for comedy.
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== Mythology and Religion ==
* The tail is something most people forget about when depicting the Behemoth, except for those who think it was a dinosaur. Most sources depict it as an hippopotamus or a bull, animals most definitely not known for powerful tails.
== Real Life ==▼
* Dolphins use their tails to stun fish, slamming them through the water at high speed to create a wave of energy that stuns and confuses the fish.▼
* Some sharks can cut a man in half with a swipe of their tails.▼
* Most lizards, crocodilians and similar bodied reptiles, even juvenile water dragons.▼
* Dinosaurs in the Diplodocus family of sauropods had long tails that apparently seem to have been whip like. Possibly other sauropods as well, they all had long, muscular tails.▼
* As mentioned in the description, cattle make use of their tails to swat flies, as it can reach everywhere their head and legs do not and has multiple ends they have trouble avoiding. They give the same treatment farm hands they don't like.▼
* Catfish don't have stingers but many species have fins bony enough that people will often assume they were stung by something if hit by them in murky water. Yes, this includes the tail fin.▼
== Tabletop Games ==
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* Katz uses his extra limb for an advantage during a handball game in ''Courage The Cowardly Dog''.
* Again the ''Godzilla'' animated series feature this. [[The Godzilla Power Hour|Both]] of [[Godzilla: The Series|them.]]
▲== Real Life ==
▲* Dolphins use their tails to stun fish, slamming them through the water at high speed to create a wave of energy that stuns and confuses the fish.
▲* Some sharks can cut a man in half with a swipe of their tails.
▲* Most lizards, crocodilians and similar bodied reptiles, even juvenile water dragons.
▲* Dinosaurs in the Diplodocus family of sauropods had long tails that apparently seem to have been whip like. Possibly other sauropods as well, they all had long, muscular tails.
▲* As mentioned in the description, cattle make use of their tails to swat flies, as it can reach everywhere their head and legs do not and has multiple ends they have trouble avoiding. They give the same treatment farm hands they don't like.
▲* Catfish don't have stingers but many species have fins bony enough that people will often assume they were stung by something if hit by them in murky water. Yes, this includes the tail fin.
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