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tail

vr.tr.tail · PHY.OBJ

Let an agent explain tails, relay anatomy, evolution and functions across animals from zoology sources, describe prehensile tails and culinary uses, flag unverified aliases, and distinguish tails from fins, the human coccyx, tails of aircraft and comets, and plant names containing tail.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain tails, relay anatomy, evolution and functions across animals from zoology sources, describe prehensile tails and culinary uses, flag unverified aliases, and distinguish tails from fins, the human coccyx, tails of aircraft and comets, and plant names containing tail.

The flexible rear appendage of many animals, an extension of the body beyond the trunk, usually supported by caudal vertebrae in vertebrates, used for balance, locomotion, communication, defence and grasping, as in the prehensile tails of some monkeys and opossums, fish tails for propulsion and the tails of foxes, whose bushy tails are called brushes; the registry aliases also include food items such as eel, stockfish and crayfish tails, where the tail is the edible part of the animal, and asp tail and red fox tails, whose meanings could not be verified.

What it is for: Balance, movement, communication and defence in animals.

It can be explain anatomy and functions; relay evolution; describe named uses and forms; distinguish other senses.

Distinguishing features

Posterior appendage

Many functions

Caudal vertebrae

Diverse forms

What it looks like

A tapering extension at the rear of an animal s body, furred, scaled or finned.

Physical character

human vestige: coccyx note

lizard autotomy: tail shedding for defence note

prehensile tails: spider monkeys, opossums, some chameleons list

How it is recognised

Rear body appendage of animals

Eel tail, stockfish tail, red fox tails, prehensile tail, asp tail, crayfish tail

Fins are fish appendages that may include the caudal fin; the coccyx is a vestigial tail; aircraft and comet tails are other senses

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

appendage

includes -

prehensile tail

is supported by - in vertebrates

caudal vertebrae

is contrasted with -

coccyx

In practice

Families and kinds

prehensile tails

caudal fins

bushy mammal tails

autotomous lizard tails

crustacean abdomens called tails in cooking

Standards and regulation

Animal welfare rules on tail docking

Food labelling for seafood products

Failure modes and hazards

Mixing culinary and anatomical senses

Welfare issues such as routine tail docking

Unverified aliases

Also called

eel tailstockfish tailRed fox tailsprehensile tailasp tailcrayfish tailfish taillamprey tailotter tailnorthern pike tailtail fanrabbit tailamphibian tailcat tailbird or fish tailtiger tailbird tailrump

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Also registered as vr.tr.tail-person

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What a tail is.

Science.

Definition

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is a tail, and how does it differ from fins, the coccyx and tails of aircraft or comets? definition
  2. Is the question about animal biology, pets, food or another sense? boundary

Named

Named forms and uses.

Named

Named.

  1. What are prehensile tails and eel, stockfish and crayfish tails, and what might asp tail and red fox tails refer to? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific item? action
Biology Biology.

Science.

Functions

Functions.

Functions

Functions.

  1. How do animals use tails for balance, swimming, signalling and defence? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Evolution

Evolution.

Evolution

Evolution.

  1. How did apes and humans lose external tails, as genetic studies suggest? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Welfare Animal welfare.

Regulation.

Docking

Tail docking.

Docking

Docking.

  1. How is tail docking of dogs and livestock regulated? provenance
  2. Which entry fits docking (dog)? action

Dogs

Dog tail signals.

Dogs

Dogs.

  1. What do tail positions communicate in dogs? provenance
  2. Which entry fits dog communication? action
Context Food and language.

Context.

Food

Culinary tails.

Food

Food.

  1. How are crayfish, eel and oxtail used in cooking? provenance
  2. Which entry fits oxtail? action

Language

Other senses.

Language

Language.

  1. How is tail used for aircraft, comets and statistics? provenance
  2. Which entry fits comet tail? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should culinary tails be separate entries?
  • How should zoology sources be linked?
  • The registry aliases asp tail and red fox tails could not be identified and should be reviewed