wildlife quiz

my sister lives in santa brigdia outside las palmas
i rember her saying canary comes from the latin word canis "dog"
so is it something to do with huge canines
could be way off as i had alot of cheep larger in me when i go out there:cheer:

Close enough for me Mossy! Wikipedia will explain it better than I can...

The name Islas Canarias is likely derived from the Latin term Insula Canaria, meaning "Island of the Dogs", a name applied originally only to Gran Canaria. It is speculated that the so called dogs were actually a species of Monk Seals ("sea dog" in Latin), critically endangered and no longer present in the Canary Islands.[17] The dense population of seals may have been the characteristic that most struck the few ancient Romans who established contact with these islands by sea. The connection to dogs is retained in their depiction on the islands' coat-of-arms (shown above).

The original inhabitants of the island, guanches used to worship dogs, mummified them and treat dogs generally as holy animals. In the ancient times the island was well known about its people who worshipped dogs there, and when the Romans first visited the island, they gave it the name: 'canaari', which means in Latin: "the ones who worship dogs", or "the ones with dogs". The ancient Greeks also knew about a people, living far in the west, who are the "dog-headed ones", who worship dogs on an island. Some theorize that the Canary Islands dog-worship and the ancient Egyptian cult of the dog-headed god, Anubis are in close connection, but there is no explanation as to which one was first, and how is it possible for those two far areas to be in contact with each other.

You're up Mossy!

I was miles off so "you are the weakest link Goodbye"

jesus
memo must drink more cheep larger
and who said drink makes u stupid

what male bird is the only bird in the world with a penis?

Ha don't drink that San Miguel stuff, it's kak!

Red-billed Buffalo-weaver?

mickdeja wrote:

Red-billed Buffalo-weaver?

ahhh no:cheer:
take it easy on the juice mick:laugh:

Ostrich?


Kev.

stretnik wrote:

Ostrich?


Kev.

no kev
good guess

Duck? Swan maybe?

Well there's Lonena Bobit - but she threw it out the car window.
There's that tranny Hayley on Corination street or there's shirley temple bar?

Ducks and swans have a penis. You sure it's a female bird??

A male swan- Cob ??

male duck

Come to think of it I remember a documentary on discovery channel (think it was dirty jobs) were they mentioned they had to see if the baby chicks were cocks or hens by squezzing it to show its region. So second guess would be a chicken.

Argentine lake duck



www.abc.net.au/science/news/enviro/EnviroRepublish_366856.htm


Kev.

Tetra_Tetra wrote:

Duck? Swan maybe?

spot on tetra

its the male swan

ure up tetra

How do Anarctic icefish survive in freezing water?

Tetra_Tetra wrote:

How do Anarctic icefish survive in freezing water?

a hot water bottle!!!!!!!!!

Tetra,
They stay in "schools". Unlike here in Ireland the schools have proper central heating:P

Seriously I know a lot of creatures that live in very cold climates have enzimes in their blood which acts like anti freeze. They can actually freeze solid without their cells bursting. There's a beetle of some kind in Alaska that scientists are studying. They think this bugs blood will allow us to eventually freeze human bodies without damaging them.

Also the colder the sea water the more oxygen it holds so the fish don't need to expend energy swimming as much. So their energy can be conserved to keep their core temperatures above critical.

Is the answer - Anti-freeze blood?

Antifreeze chemicals in their blood. Your right chrisp your up

OK. What fish is 95% water?

Jelly Fish


Kev.

hole in 1 KEV. Fire one out

OK,

What Fish, saltwater, will lose all of it's Teeth and it's scales by adulthood?

Kev.

i will have a S bob please


would it be swordfish kev;)

Indeedee...


Nice one Mr Moss!


Kev.

what bird is the only bird that can see the colour BLUE?

I know its an owl but what type I couldn't tell ya I'll take a guess at the snow owl

ure right

over to you

What fish can see both infra-red and ultra-violet light?