Simplified schematic of an island's flora - all its plant species, highlighted in boxes. Flora is the plant life occurring in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring or indigenousânative plant life. The corresponding term for animal life is fauna. Flora, fauna and other forms of life such as fungi are collectively referred to as biota. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora, as in the terms gut flora or skin flora. 1 Etymology.
For dogs, the wag seems to have the same properties. Since tail wagging is meant as a signal that a dog will only wag its tail when other living beings are aroundâa person, another dog, a cat, a horse, or perhaps a ball of lint blown by a breeze and seemingly alive.
Not all tail wags are created equal. Although a dog wagging its tail may look friendly to us, to other dogs, there is a wealth of information in such a seemingly simple action. A new study finds that dogs respond to the direction of a tail wag.