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The all new, revised and easier quiz! (mod note posts 1 and 2042)

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  • #3842
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    I'm intrigued.

    The male's tongue is the same colour as the beak.


  • #3843
    New Home
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    Yes, but that's not what I'm going for. Want a clue?


  • #3844
    looksee
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    Bird tongues always appear to be dry, presumably they have no saliva.


  • #3845
    New Home
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    That's not what I was going for either (but I'm learning lots of new things about bird tongues, tonight!).


  • #3846
    IrishZeus
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    I think we'll need to take that clue....


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  • #3847
    New Home
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    They have something in common with most (maybe even all) rodents, but in the rodents' case that something isn't the tongue.

    Clear as mud?


  • #3848
    looksee
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    Yes that was a great help! Not! :)


  • #3849
    New Home
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    Ok. What's the difference between a rodent's mouth and a cat's, or a dog's, or even a human's? What do pet rodents need and why?


  • #3850
    IrishZeus
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    New Home wrote: »
    Ok. What's the difference between a rodent's mouth and a cat's, or a dog's, or even a human's? What do pet rodents need and why?

    Is it to do with teeth? Rats have no canines - their teeth are for "gnawing" more than anything. No idea how that would relate to a blackbird though....


  • #3851
    New Home
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    Ok, this will give it away. They have something in common with rodents' teeth, and it's not their canines.

    As I said, it's probably common knowledge so it might be too obvious for people to realise that this what I'm referring to, it's just that I didn't know about it and I was surprised when I found out.


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  • #3852
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Well their beaks grow like your fingernails grow, if that's what you're after.


  • #3853
    looksee
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    Birds don't have teeth at all, do they?


  • #3854
    garancafan
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    looksee wrote: »
    Birds don't have teeth at all, do they?

    They're certainly rare in hens :)


  • #3855
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    looksee wrote: »
    Birds don't have teeth at all, do they?

    Although they evolved from a toothed ancestor, birds no longer have teeth.


  • #3856
    New Home
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    Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »
    Well their beaks grow like your fingernails grow, if that's what you're after.

    Ok, that was a 'sort of'. Their tongue grows back. It breaks off in chunks, and then it grows back bit by bit. The beak not so much (or rather, I guess it doesn't grow back if it's been damaged beyond a certain point - like our nails, I suppose).

    As for the taste buds, Autumn Harsh Cloud, do they 'taste' with their sense of smell, or do they have other ways of tasting things, do you know? I'm asking because a blackbird I know spits out things he doesn't want to eat.


  • #3857
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    New Home wrote: »
    Ok, that was a 'sort of'. Their tongue grows back. It breaks off in chunks, and then it grows back bit by bit. The beak not so much (or rather, I guess it doesn't grow back if it's been damaged over a certain point - like our nails, I suppose).

    As for the taste buds, Srameen, do they 'taste' with their sense of smell, or do they have other ways of tasting things, do you know? I'm asking because a blackbird I know spits out things he doesn't want to eat.

    Birds have taste receptors in the pharynx floor. While we have about 10000, a bird (depending on species) has about 24. They don't taste much as they don't chew food either. Bitter is one of the few things they can taste.
    The tongue is for feeling more than anything else. They use sight to determine the ripeness etc. of food and can see in a colour spectrum way beyond our capabilities.


  • #3858
    New Home
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    That's great to know, Srameen, thanks for that!


  • #3859
    IrishZeus
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    Do rodents teeth grow back?


  • #3860
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    In some/most of them they keep growing, that's why they need to keep gnawing. Don't look for pictures on the internet 'cause some of them are pretty horrific.


  • #3861
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    IrishZeus wrote: »
    Do rodents teeth grow back?

    The word rodent comes from "to gnaw". The distinguishing characteristic of a rodent is a single pair of constantly growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws.


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  • #3862
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Donald Trump when inaugurated (Lord help us :) )will become the oldest US President inaugurated. Who was the previous record holder and who was the youngest?


  • #3863
    quickbeam
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    Yay, one I know!
    Oldest - Reagan
    Youngest - Theo Rooseveldt

    Often the youngest is misattributed to JFK, but he was the youngest to be elected. Rooseveltd wasn't elected, he took over from the predecesor.


  • #3864
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    quickbeam wrote: »
    Yay, one I know!
    Oldest - Reagan
    Youngest - Theo Rooseveldt

    Often the youngest is misattributed to JFK, but he was the youngest to be elected. Rooseveltd wasn't elected, he took over from the predecesor.

    Yes, you avoided the tripwire very nicely there.

    You're up so.


  • #3865
    quickbeam
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    Might be too easy, I'm not sure. What chemical elements are liquid at room temperature?


  • #3866
    New Home
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    Mercury and I'll have to think about the others.


  • #3867
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Bromine and Mercury..

    A couple more if your 'room temperature' is 26c.


  • #3868
    quickbeam
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    No, they're the only two I was looking for. I knew of mercury, but only recently found out about bromine, and thought it interesting.

    But for the lols, what else is liquid at 26C?


  • #3869
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    quickbeam wrote: »
    No, they're the only two I was looking for. I knew of mercury, but only recently found out about bromine, and thought it interesting.

    But for the lols, what else is liquid at 26C?

    Francium and caesium


  • #3870
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    What connects

    Iron, nickel, cobalt and manganese ?


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  • #3871
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    All are used to make fireworks? (wild guess)


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