Alaska marmots wake every three or four weeks during hibernation mainly to do what?
Answer
urinate and defecate
34719 Intermediate Trivia Questions
34719 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Which naturalist is honored by the carnivorous plant genus name Sarracenia?
Answer
Michel Sarrazin
Which Heliamphora species was formally described by George Bentham in 1840?
Answer
Heliamphora nutans
Which sundew uses snap-tentacles to catapult prey onto sticky tentacles?
Answer
Drosera glanduligera
Which Bornean pitcher plant gains nitrogen from Hardwicke's woolly bat droppings?
Answer
Nepenthes hemsleyana
What does Nepenthes ampullaria collect and digest unusually often?
Answer
leaf litter
Who is honored by the name Nepenthes rajah?
Answer
James Brooke
Which Nepenthes species is the only pitcher plant found in the Seychelles?
Answer
Nepenthes pervillei
What prey do underground leaves of Philcoxia trap and digest?
Answer
Nematodes
What is the scientific name of the western false asphodel recognized as carnivorous in 2021?
Answer
Triantha occidentalis
Which possible carnivorous bromeliad is commonly called the powdery strap airplant?
Answer
Catopsis berteroniana
Which Nepenthes species is described as the most widespread in its genus?
Answer
Nepenthes mirabilis
Sarracenia purpurea has been the floral emblem of which Canadian province since 1954?
Answer
Newfoundland and Labrador
Which English botanical illustrator is honored by Nepenthes northiana?
Answer
Marianne North
Which Nepenthes species is commonly called the fanged pitcher-plant?
Answer
Nepenthes bicalcarata
Which bug genus helps Roridula gain nutrients from trapped insects?
Answer
Pameridea
Which genus has the single species Drosophyllum lusitanicum?
Answer
Drosophyllum
What plant family contains butterworts, bladderworts, and corkscrew plants?
Answer
Lentibulariaceae
Which crow species is known for bending wire into hooks to retrieve food in experiments?
Answer
New Caledonian crow
Which ethologist studied imprinting in greylag geese?
Answer
Konrad Lorenz
What maze has arms radiating from a central platform to test spatial memory?
Answer
Radial arm maze
Who proposed cognitive maps after rat maze experiments?
Answer
Edward Tolman
Which bird solved a five-part locking mechanism at the Vienna Goffin Lab?
Answer
Tanimbar corella
What concept did Thorndike formulate from his animal puzzle-box experiments?
Answer
law of effect
What maze has rodents find a hidden platform in a pool to test spatial learning?
Answer
Morris water maze
Which archerfish species can distinguish between different human faces in studies?
Answer
Toxotes chatareus
Which paper wasp species is known for recognizing individual nestmates by markings?
Answer
Polistes fuscatus
Which prairie dog species is noted for alarm calls that distinguish colors of human clothing?
Answer
Gunnison's prairie dog
Which small reef fish was reported in 2019 to pass a mirror mark test?
Answer
Cleaner wrasse
Which bird was first used to demonstrate episodic-like memory in animals?
Answer
Western scrub jay
Which chimpanzee's name is a pun on linguist Noam Chomsky?
Answer
Nim Chimpsky
Who showed that Clever Hans responded to subtle human cues rather than doing math?
Answer
Oskar Pfungst
Which mammal has the densest fur of any animal?
Answer
Sea otter
Which animal is the heaviest member of the weasel family?
Answer
Sea otter