Feline communication: Listen to the tail's tale  Feline
communication: Listen to the tail's tale  Nov 01, 2005  The
second column in this series on feline communication will focus
on the information provided by cat tails. While no signaling
system can be removed from the context of the entire animal and
correctly interpreted, it can be very useful to look at what
information can be communicated by each body part involved in
signaling. Then, we can take these observations and look for
congruence or lack of it between other signaling systems (e.g.,
the eyes, voice, body, etc.) The only system closed to our
understanding, for now, is the olfactory.  The easiest signal
for clients to recognize is the one shown in Photo 1, the
"wraparound" tail. Cats that wrap their tail around their feet
could be cold, but the rest of the body's signals would have to
be in agreement for this conclusion to be reached. Cold cats
crouch down, fold their ears down, bury their nose, wrap their
tail around the entire body, and become a