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Circular Reasoning

Tale of two tails…

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A snake appears content to slither unlike the dolphin and the whale, though if you bother asking either the tale is rather of the tail: for cetaceans, an appendage and thus a portion, a percentage of the entire body’s length, although the source of all its strength. But for the snake? A harder question: Where does snake end, and tail begin? Without a rattle or a fin, it’s hard to know, but a suggestion to help the skeptic get it right: start from the end that doesn’t bite.