From: tom@invalid.tld   
      
   On Sat, 09 Nov 2019 12:15:51 -0500   
   Dennis Lee Bieber  wrote:   
      
   > On Sat, 09 Nov 2019 10:31:58 -0500, Freddy1X    
   > declaimed the following:   
   >   
   > >If a snake really does have a tail, where does it begin?  If I see a   
   > >mouse, for instance, I can reliably say that it's tail begins   
   > >( here ) and ends ( there ).  A snake can't be all tail because it   
   > >still has a head, so that implies a tail somewhere.   
   >   
   > 	As I recall, the skeletal structure of snakes incorporate   
   > vestigial legs. One could decree the tail to be the part which occurs   
   > behind these legs... Or if one wants something a bit easier to see --   
   > the portion after the cloaca (since cloaca and forward would be   
   > "abdomen")   
   >   
   >   
      
   There are some snake-like creatures in Austrailia that still have arms   
   and legs. They may be a different branch of evolution. The snakes that   
   didn't lose their limbs. They are called Skinks   
      
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