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   goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 09:14:54 JST goatsarah

   I want to preface this by saying that I am not, in any way, a furry. I wish those who are all the best with it, but that’s not the angle I’m approaching this from.

   That being said, I’m kinda mad that evolution took our tails.

   Equal in length to my height, about 2-3cm in diameter, and scaly like a pangolin. Prehensile and strong enough to take my body weight.

   It would have been epic.

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 09:23:01 JST goatsarah

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     I don’t want to be an anthropomorphic animal with a prehensile tail. I want humans to have prehensile tails.

     Our ancestors did and I bet it fucking rocked.

     Hang from tree, leap through air, using it as trim/rudder, randomly smack annoying people with it without spilling your tea.

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 09:25:34 JST goatsarah

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     Obviously I’m not drinking the tea while flying through the air.

     I am fifty, after all, so need to limit myself to doing these things sequentially these days.

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     NatalyaD (natalyad@disabled.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 09:33:02 JST NatalyaD

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     @goatsarah I couldn't agree more. I'd love to have a prehensile tail!

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 10:38:30 JST goatsarah

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     • Alisdair Calder McGregor
     @A_C_McGregor Collagen is stupid strong in tension. I’ve hung from a single finger.
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     Alisdair Calder McGregor (a_c_mcgregor@topspicy.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 10:38:31 JST Alisdair Calder McGregor

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     @goatsarah I think we would have to be much smaller. I would think that being able to hang by a prehensile tail is subject to something like the rocket equation, wherein more mass means much more muscle mass to hold you up...

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     Klaus Stein (lapizistik@social.tchncs.de)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 17:52:00 JST Klaus Stein

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     @goatsarah Oh, and using it to grip and handle things (as well as to caress someone)

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