tail
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.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What a tail is.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a tail, and how does it differ from fins, the coccyx and tails of aircraft or comets? definition
- Is the question about animal biology, pets, food or another sense? boundary
Named
Named forms and uses.
Named
Named.
- What are prehensile tails and eel, stockfish and crayfish tails, and what might asp tail and red fox tails refer to? definition
- Which entry fits the specific item? action
Biology Biology.
Functions
Functions.
Functions
Functions.
- How do animals use tails for balance, swimming, signalling and defence? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Evolution
Evolution.
Evolution
Evolution.
- How did apes and humans lose external tails, as genetic studies suggest? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Welfare Animal welfare.
Docking
Tail docking.
Docking
Docking.
- How is tail docking of dogs and livestock regulated? provenance
- Which entry fits docking (dog)? action
Dogs
Dog tail signals.
Dogs
Dogs.
- What do tail positions communicate in dogs? provenance
- Which entry fits dog communication? action
Context Food and language.
Food
Culinary tails.
Food
Food.
- How are crayfish, eel and oxtail used in cooking? provenance
- Which entry fits oxtail? action
Language
Other senses.
Language
Language.
- How is tail used for aircraft, comets and statistics? provenance
- Which entry fits comet tail? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.OBJ
- Other names and narrower kinds
- eel tail, stockfish tail, Red fox tails, prehensile tail, asp tail, crayfish tail, fish tail, lamprey tail, otter tail, northern pike tail, tail fan, rabbit tail
What it is Filled
The 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.
Why it exists Filled
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.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Posterior appendage
- Many functions
- Caudal vertebrae
- Diverse forms
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Pull, cut or hurt an animal's tail.
- Recommend tail docking as routine where the law restricts it or without veterinary grounds.
- Handle a lizard or other animal by the tail in a way that makes it shed or injures it.
- Mix up the anatomical and culinary senses of tail.
Only with a human decision
- Any decision to dock or amputate a tail.
May
- Describe the anatomy and functions of animal tails.
- Report injuries or abnormal tail behaviour to an animal's keeper or a veterinarian.
Moral aspects Filled
- Tail docking is a contested welfare issue in farm animals, dogs and horses.
- Tails carry signals that people misread, which can lead to bites and mistreatment.
Who is affected
- Animals
- Keepers and farmers
- Veterinarians
Owners Filled
Steward
The keeper of the animal; for wild animals nobody, under wildlife law.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q13415392 - registry parent class
- Q25570959 - registry parent class
related
- appendage - in registry terms
- prehensile tail
- caudal vertebrae - in vertebrates
- coccyx
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.tail
- Wikidata: Q60960 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60960)
Direct properties required Filled
- human vestige: coccyx note
- lizard autotomy: tail shedding for defence note
- prehensile tails: spider monkeys, opossums, some chameleons list
Recognition required Filled
- An animal's tail is a rear body appendage.
- Examples include prehensile tails and red fox tails, while eel and stockfish name animals or food products rather than tails themselves.
- Fins are fish appendages that may include the caudal fin; the coccyx is a vestigial tail; aircraft and comet tails are other senses.
- A tapering extension at the rear of an animal s body, furred, scaled or finned.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain anatomy and functions
- relay evolution
- describe named uses and forms
- distinguish other senses
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Mixing culinary and anatomical senses
- Welfare issues such as routine tail docking
- Unverified aliases
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Animal welfare rules on tail docking
- Food labelling for seafood products
Context of use required Filled
- Balance, movement, communication and defence in animals.
- prehensile tails
- caudal fins
- bushy mammal tails
- autotomous lizard tails
- crustacean abdomens called tails in cooking
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q60960: tail - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Tail - general description of the item
Open questions
- 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
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q60960/spec.json