Widdershins

 So here's some thought exercise for your head-organs.

  You know, technically speaking, every near-mammalian has a tail. Even those without. It's a point to keep in mind when drawing or designing as such that the tail immediately flows out from the spine. Therefore, technically, it kind of points straight down in a bipedal skeletal structure. 

  Now, perhaps its because I've spent alotta time pretending like I have a tail, (reeeally helps to put a swagger in your step, I daresay!) or maybe that I just got me that really bad teenager slouch still; but I've noticed I kind of tend to sit with my spine curved under like a J. 

  My question for you to mull over: is how would any bipedal being sit with a tail like that? And I don't mean something like a pony's-tail where it's maybe three to five inches before it becomes mostly adorable fluff or whatever nonsense bunny tails is. Like, a good meaty tail like any reptillian or fox or canid would have. Tails would naturally be thicker at their base and there would be just about a fist-sized chunk of flesh there coming off diagonally from your sitting position.

  That's why you see most tailed animals tend to lay on their sides, horses even. I mean, to do that, you'd have to either hoist all your weight onto your side into a somewhat uncomfortable side-slouch or just sit, chest out, really forward into...  *tries out position*

   ....Oh.  ...that's how you're supposed to sit isn't it?... Gad, I have terrible posture.