Want to walk like a dinosaur? Strap-on dino tails mystify inteet - CNET

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Open the door, get on the floor. Everybody walk (like) a dinosaur! The 1988 song by Was (Not Was) can come true for you this Halloween -- or really, any random day -- with a strap-on dinosaur tail.

The tails are in the inventory of British retailer ASOS, and the $40 dinosaur tail (£30, AU$53) comes in green and black, though only the green seems to be in stock. If you prefer a cuddlier costume accessory, the site sells cat, fox, wolf and leopard tails, all ranging from $19.34-$40.

Maker Tell Tails.com notes that the green tail is from a (fictional, duh) Shinosaur, and is made of velvet, for fancy dinosaur occasions.

"Our shimmering diva. Our shining star," the site boasts. "This eccentric fancy dress tail has a certain je ne sais quoi. Set the dance floor on fire as you shimmy and simmer in all your finery."

The tails would've probably gone mostly unnoticed but for starting to show up seemingly randomly in Facebook feeds over the weekend -- sometimes paired with inexplicable other objects.