Sitting on your tail is very uncomfortable, even just from the butt and back perspective. I've been to events wearing ears and tail (they were fox ears and tail, despite my dragon fursona...) and you had to be careful when you sat down. I suspect the delicate tail would not like being sat on. Curved up the back is uncomfortable, under the bottom between the legs is uncomfortable, curled to the side was okay, but really needs a recess to allow tail curvature, so may as well have a cutout as it is easier to manufacture.
->I would speculate wearing a tail is different from having one. I only go with what I've observed RL critters doing in normal movement...how they stand, sit, etc and so forth.
So despite nice pictures, they are a humanised idea and would be horribly uncomfortable for the anthros (especially the roo) to sit like that. As a proof, try this. You would agree the tail would not be as strong as the hand? Put your hand behind your back and sit against it. Try similar with putting your hand between your legs under your bottom. Definitely not comfortable, just from compression aspects alone!
Since we no longer have a tail to begin with this 'proof test' is a moot point. Having your tail up and behind your back and sitting against it is unnatural and would be unpleasant. Having it curled around or under the rump might be more normal. The developing fetus clearly shows thetail curled around the rump and up the front. In beds most would be curled up with the tail curled around the feet called ' the fetal position'. The roo would be curled up in mom's pouch with the tail curling around. So it wouldn't be much of a stretch for them to use most of our chairs as depicted but they would prefer their own.
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Received on Wed Oct 01 2008 - 19:37:38 CDT