They both have a long tail, which helps the squirrel to balance when jumping from tree to tree, and the same large eyes, small ears and powerful back legs.

它们都有一条长长的尾巴，帮助松鼠在从一棵树跳到另一棵树时保持平衡，还有同样的大眼睛、小耳朵和有力的后腿。

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I did a little web searching and found one site that claimed a squirrel USES its tail to communicate.

我上网搜了搜，发现一个网站说，松鼠用它的尾巴来交流。

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I had always assumed that the reason a squirrel had a big bushy tail was that as they careened through the space between branches they used it to wave around and keep from tumbling out of control.

我一直以为，松鼠有个毛茸茸的大尾巴，是因为它们摇晃着通过树枝间的空隙时，要摇摆它，以防失控跌倒。

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Nor does it know why a squirrel waves its tail in front of an angry rattlesnake.

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You had merely to lead them to the plate-glass porch door and point out a squirrel or a cat running on the railing, or the automatic pool vacuum flipping its tail in the water as it carried on, side to side, end to end.

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