Natural history quiz (for the not so bored).

[foxdropper]

Google is not our friend it appears google 4 and it’s pottery made in an around Stafford which is not Scotland

 

[foxdropper]

Brave heart

 

[sh1kar]

Google is not our friend it appears google 4 and it’s pottery made in an around Stafford which is not Scotland

not when i google

 

[Dawsie]

After phoning a friend, asking the audience and using up my free go, this is my final answer, I’m supposed to be tree cutting

1. Elephant
2. Nightjar
3. Leopard tortoise & Antlion
(Africa’s little five)
4. Scottish highlands - The hunting
party (Lucy Foley)
5. Zambia
Mopane tree
Eland?

 

[sh1kar]

so close on no 5

no 4 sadly not

 

[foxdropper]

OK. See what you make of these;

1. Only animal with four knees?
2. The bird that allegedly steals milk from goats.
3. Buffalo weaver, Rhino beetle, Elephant shrew. What’s missing and what are they?
4. The Radens, Bandicotts, Claybodys. Where am I?
5. Which country is shaped like the leaf of one of its indigenous trees. And what animals footprint is it like? Country. Tree. Animal.

Google the names in 4 and this appears .I declare a null question

 

[sh1kar]

eh?

 

[foxdropper]

Google number 4 and this appears .You have lead us astray old son

 

[sh1kar]

you aren't putting in exactly what 3 names I have written

 

[foxdropper]

Speed reading bud .It’s either spot or or shite and appears shite in this case .I’m off for a stalk soon so

 

[sh1kar]

radens bandicotts claybodys

 

[Stalker62]

so the three answers to q5 are......?

We have established we are in Scotland for Q4 but needed a bit more detail

In the Highlands - poaching for a wager.

 

[Frank Homes]

1. Elephant
2. Nightjar
3. Leopard tortoise & Antlion
4. Buchan's John Macnab
5. Zambia/Mopane/Kudu

 

[sh1kar]

1. Elephant
2. Nightjar
3. Leopard tortoise & Antlion
4. Buchan's John Macnab
5. Zambia/Mopane/Kudu

Hurrah. I was losing the will

I suggest @uptonogood next then Dawson then the other winners follow on

 

[sh1kar]

Hurrah. I was losing the will

I suggest @uptonogood next then Dawson then the other winners follow on

@Dawsie

 

[finnbear270]

That case I stand corrected .Never seen it personally .We have woodies nest in our nut trees at bottom of the garden and 3 clutches is all they ever do .Shot thousands of pigeons and never shot an unbanded youngster in true winter and that’s in the south .
Any pics of the winter squeakers please ,timestamped if poss .
Just out of interest we had 3 eggs laid in one nest that all hatched same time but one of the chicks got pushed out as they grew .I think the nests are only designed for 2 chicks at pre fledge weight .Probably extra egg laid by another hen as between clutches there’s always a vying for nest spots .

Their nests are designed?????????????????, I thought the ones that build over our front door in the wisteria choose to use the poo sticks method.

 

[Frank Homes]

Hurrah. I was losing the will

I suggest @uptonogood next then Dawson then the other winners follow on

Fine by me, i do feel a bit like the Uni Challenge contestant who has obtained the answer because the opposing team have got it slightly wrong.

 

[sh1kar]

As an aside it’s a buffalo. But no matter

 

[Frank Homes]

As an aside it’s a buffalo. But no matter

 

[JTO]

Sorry your wrong, I have found wood pigeons on eggs in every month of the year likewise nestling being milk fed.

I'm pretty sure that Collins Pocket Guide to Nests and Eggs (1954) said that baby woodpigeons had been found in nests 'in every month of the year. Collard Doves were listed amongst the rarest British birds. Some things change over time!