More Than a Pretty Appendage: How ‘Bouncy Boy’ Bhutan’s Impressive Tail Allows Keepers to Monitor Age-Related Health Discoveries – CMZoo https://www.cmzoo.org/news/archive/more-than-a-pretty-appendage-how-bouncy-boy-bhutans-impressive-tail-allows-keepers-to-monitor-age-related-health-discoveries/
A snow leopard’s tail is an incredibly useful tool. About as long as their bodies, their tails act as a counterbalance, so they can make hairpin turns at lightning speed in the wild. When they’re pursuing prey in their native Himalayan Mountains, their tails act like an automatic rudder on a speed boat, instinctively correcting . . .
of his choices, Bhutan’s care team asks him to come into a special mesh training tunnel