Solomon Islands Skink, Ursula, is stopping by for #SkinkSunday today! 🦎 The gorgeous colors you see on Ursula are very useful at helping her blend into the bark and leaves as she explores. If you notice her long nails, those are another adaptation for life climbing around the branches, as they help her safely hold on. It's not just those nails that help her hold on as she climbs around, though! The Solomon Islands Skink has a prehensile tail, which they can use to grab onto branches for extra s

2.8K views · 225 reactions | Prehensile tailed porcupines use their long, strong tails to help act as a fifth limb. Their tails help them balance in the treetops, as they can use it to grasp onto branches! #ForWildlifeForAll Bryan Summerford | Lincoln Park Zoo | Facebook

The Solomon Island skink is the world's largest skink, with nearly half its length being its prehensile tail! 🦎 This unique species can support their full body weight using just their tail and it allows them to move from branch to branch with ease | Tim Faulkner

❤️🦔 Prehensile-tailed porcupines, like our 2-week-old porcupette, are born with the ability to climb! At birth, their quills are soft, but they harden within minutes. The name prehensile means “capable of grasping”; the underside of its tail lacks quills, allowing the porcupine to grip branches with this appendage and navigate the forest canopy with ease. | Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute