Assertion: opossum | /r/CapableOf | use its tail
Facets:
value: to grip objects
type: PURPOSE
value: as a brace
type: MANNER
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
value: as a fifth limb
type: MANNER
value: to hold branches
type: PURPOSE
value: as an extra hand
type: MANNER
value: to climb trees
type: PURPOSE
value: to brace themselves
type: PURPOSE
value: to grab tree limbs
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: An opossum may also use its tail as a brace and a fifth limb when climbing.
text: Though generally sluggish creatures, opossums can climb readily and use their tail to grab tree limbs or carry small objects.
text: Possums can hang from their tails for short periods of time, particularly the young, and also use their tails sometimes to carry objects back to their dens.
text: Opossums use their tails to brace themselves while climbing trees.
text: They use their sharp claws, tails and mouth to climb trees.
text: Opossums are excellent climbers that use their toes and tails to grasp branches.
text: Opossums do not sleep while hanging from their tail and instead use the tail as an extra hand to grip objects.
text: An opossum may also use its tail as a brace and a fifth limb when climbing.
text: Opossums also use their tail to hold branches but they can’t hang by their tails.
text: This means their tails act like a fifth limb, allowing possums to use their tails to grasp and hang from tree branches.
text: Opossums, especially baby opossums sometimes even use their tails to hang upside down.