The tail serves many functions.
First, it helps regulate body temperature.
Second, it helps stabilize balance, which helps rats climb.
Third, the tail provides a defense mechanism. The tail can be torn off in a process known as degloving; this is particularly handy if a predator captures the rat by the tail. The tail will pull off, allowing the rat a chance to escape. However, this is an injury (meaning it is painful for the rat) and can lead to infection. Degloving is one reason why you should NEVER pick your rat up by the tail!
Provide the Rat with balance.
Rat Tail CombYou
a comb
the rat tail comb was invented in 1985
it means that ur rat has an itchy tail. i think.
Yes, rats can survive without a tail. Depending on how the rat lost the tail, it could become infected.
because the tip of the tail might come off.
not ussually, but a rat can lose the top layer of skin on its tail from doing that.
A rat has a longer and fatter tail. Also, rats are a lot bigger than mice.
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No. Rat-kangaroos are marsupials and quite different to rats and kangaroo-rats, which are placental mammals. Rat-kangaroos do not have a hairless tail, and some species actually have a hairier tail than larger members of the macropod family.
grab it by the starting of the tail