# Could he wag it?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-he-wag-it/117936>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [July 8, 2002, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-he-wag-it/117936 "2002-07-08T17:58:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2002, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-he-wag-it/117936/1 "2002-07-08T17:58:27Z")

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[Cecil Claims Some Kid Had a 9" Tail](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_077.html)

Could he curl it? Wag it?

I mean, with muscles and blood vessels and nerve endings and …well, could he?

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**Author:** ![rsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsa)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2002, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-he-wag-it/117936/2 "2002-07-09T17:59:53Z")

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I have no idea, but I would be interested in seeing a picture of this kid, or anyone that has such a thing.

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**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-he-wag-it/117936/3 "2002-07-11T02:00:24Z")

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If a kid has this tale you might think people would think of him as a freak. And that wouldn’t make hom popular(unless you mean popular with scientists).

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**Author:** ![Xgemina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/b5e925/32.png) [@Xgemina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xgemina)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-he-wag-it/117936/4 "2002-07-11T15:05:19Z")

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Here are some links to pictures of human tails. These are all on infants, no adults.  
St. Petersburg Jr. College:

[http://www.spjc.cc.fl.us/spg/science/biology/Tail.html](http://www.spjc.cc.fl.us/spg/science/biology/Tail.html)  
University of Iowa Health Care:

[http://www.vh.org/Providers/Textbooks/AnatomicVariants/SkeletalSystem/Images/19.html](http://www.vh.org/Providers/Textbooks/AnatomicVariants/SkeletalSystem/Images/19.html)

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**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2002, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-he-wag-it/117936/5 "2002-07-11T16:04:53Z")

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Welllll… I dunno. Maybe there are women out there who would appreciate a 9-inch tail. I mean maybe he could manipulate it with some dexterity, or… 😉

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**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-he-wag-it/117936/6 "2002-07-14T15:32:54Z")

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Finally, literal meaning for the expression “piece of tail.”