Okay, you're walking along a dimly lit path in a very large cave in North America. It's cool, it's dark, you round a corner, one thing you don't expect to find is a lion's tail dangling in front of you!Wait, it isn't moving, in fact it's technically a stalactite with what they call "popcorn" on near thelower end that looks like the longer fur at the end of a lion's tail. Still, who was crawling around inhere year's ago, in eerie silence and thought of that name?
Don't understand why some of these are stand-along review, as it is just one of the stops when viewing the Big Room. This is one of the best formation in the Cavern and and is one of the many stops as you do you self-guided tour abound the cavern.
A stalactite with quite a unique form. As soon as you see "the lion's tail", you'll know you're looking at it!
The Lions Tail looked exactly like a Lions tail. It would have been better had it been lit better and more description about its formation. We were fortunate to have had a ranger on another tour talk about the tail and its formation otherwise we would have missed it and not understood its formation
One of a kind speleotherm - delicately beautiful and unique..... Well worth the walk and wait.....We came from Chicago JUST to tour the caves for a few days and it was Great! The Hall of the White Giant tour was outstanding but extremely strenuous - this can be enjoyed by all.
We bought the Carlsbad Caverns book at the book store which explained how this formation came into existence.
These formations were so unique and amazingly like a lion's tail. Can't imagine how they named them . . . LOL!
We got frustrated trying to figure out which formation was the lion's tail...then we looked up and what do you know...it looks just like a the tail of a lion ;)
I have been in other caves before and my expectatins were low but the Carlsbad Caverns were splendid. The park staff was very helpfull, the grounds and visitor center were top notch and my tour was excellent.
Not sure why this is in a separate category, it is just one of the many formations in the big room; but it does look just like a lion's tail!