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As to why having no tails may have helped, there are many tantalizing theories — including some that link being tailless to humans eventually learning to walk upright.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2024

I thanked the longshoreman guy and headed upstairs, followed quickly by orange, tailless Lucy the Bookstore Cat.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2023

Morien Morgan's contribution was vital in securing the plane's eventual swept back delta wing design, tailless fuselage and distinctive droop nose for greater visibility during take-off and landing.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2023

Lear passed his later years in San Remo, Italy, with a tailless cat and a loyal servant, dying at age 75.

From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2018

Weismann had surgically excised the tails of five generations of mice, then bred the mice to determine if the offspring would be born tailless.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee