A Tail As An Extra Limb

A Merseian is like a large, bald, green, tailed man and a Shalmuan is like a small Merseian! Merseians squat on their tails, greet each other by touching tails and can also fight with their tails. See Tips For Fighting A Merseian...

"Chives shot out his tail and helped brake the man."

-We Claim These Stars, CHAPTER V., p. 34.

"Chives' slight form could not stir under these pressures, but the green tail darted, button to dial to vernier."

-op. cit., CHAPTER IX, p. 57.

Why did tails evolve in the first place? Having evolved, they might, like elephants' trunks, be put to different uses.