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.
The Between the Legs Tail Wag. 1  This is a scared dog wag. 2  This is another wag that can get you bit if you push this dog. 3  Scared dogs drop their tails low when they are scared and sometimes the tail even sucks up between their legs. 4  This tail, like the upright tail may also wag or shake like a rattlesnake rattle. 5  Scare dogs have earned the title ...