Assertion: beaver | /r/CapableOf | use their tails
Facets:
value: as a rudder
type: PURPOSE
value: to balance
type: PURPOSE
value: to steer
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to slap the surface of water
type: PURPOSE
value: for communicating warnings
type: PURPOSE
value: as levers
type: MANNER
value: to carry mud
type: PURPOSE
value: as a siren
type: MANNER
value: by slapping it
type: MANNER
value: to help them
type: PURPOSE
value: to balance their body
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Beavers’ Teeth Never Stop Growing Anatomy: Beavers Use Their Tails to Steer, Balance, and Warn Others Sounds:
text: It uses its tail to help maintain its balance when it is gnawing on trees.
text: They can use the tails to balance their body when climbing trees.
text: While swimming, the beaver uses his tail as a rudder or as a siren by slapping it against the water to warn other beavers of a predator.
text: A common myth is that beavers use their tail to carry and pack mud between branches.
text: When threatened, the beaver will employ the use of its tail to warn others in the colony of danger.
text: Beavers Use Their Tails to Steer, Balance, and Warn Others Beavers use their foot-long tails for several different purposes.
text: Beavers also use their tails as levers to help them drag branches.
text: Beavers also use their tails to slap the surface of water when they sense danger.
text: Beavers use their tails to swim faster, and to help them balance while they are cutting down trees.
text: Flexible and muscular, the beaver uses its tail as a rudder for swimming.
text: The beaver uses its tail to steer as it swims.
text: The beaver uses its tail for swimming, for communicating warnings, for storing fat and also for support.