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Is foie gras often made from ducks? | yes |
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What allows a duck to filter water out of the side of their beaks and keep food inside? | tiny rows of plates called lamellae like a whale's baleen |
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What are some common predators of ducks? | Pike, crocodilians, herons, hawks and eagles. |
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What are some economic uses for duck? | being farmed for their meat, eggs, feathers, (particularly their down) |
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What are the reasons for hunting wild ducks? | Meat, eggs, and feathers |
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What does the word duck mean? | It is the common name for a number of species in the Anatidae family of birds. |
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What economic uses to ducks have? | They are farmed for their meat, eggs and feathers. They are also kept and bred by aviculturists and often displayed in zoos. |
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What is an economic use of a duck? | being farmed for their meat |
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What is the name of a specialized species of duck adapted to catch large fish? | the smew |
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What kind of ducks feed on land? | Dabbling ducks feed on land |
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What makes it more difficult for a diving duck to fly? | They are heavier |
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What types of unrelated water birds with similar forms are ducks sometimes confused with? | loons or divers, grebes, gallinules, and coots |
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What unrelated water birds are ducks sometimes confused with? | loons or divers, grebes, gallinules, and coots |
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Where did the expression "a sitting duck" come from? | In many areas, wild ducks of various species (including ducks farmed and released into the wild) are hunted for food or sport, by shooting, or formerly by decoys. |
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Who is Daffy Duck? | A silly cartoon character |
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Why are ducklings particularly vulnerable? | their inability to fly makes them easy prey |
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Are elephant populations in West Africa generally small and fragmented? | yes |
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Are elephants good swimmers? | yes |
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Are elephants mammals? | yes |
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Are elephants the largest land animals alive today? | yes |
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Can an elephant kill a rhinoceros? | yes |
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Have elephants been used as working animals? | yes |
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How do elephants communicate over long distances? | By producing and receiving low-frequency sound (infrasound) |
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How long is the elephant's gestation period? | 22 months |
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How long may elephants live? | As long as 70 years, sometimes longer. |
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How many living species of African Elephants are there? | The African Elephant genus contains two (or, arguably, three) living species. |
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How many living species of Asian Elephants are there? | one |
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How many species of African elephants have been proposed? | three |
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How much do elephants weight at birth? | At birth it is common for an elephant calf to weigh 120 kilograms (265 lb). |
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Is an Asian elephant smaller than an African elephant? | yes |
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Is an elephant's skin tough? | yes |
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Is the Asian elephant larger than the African? | Sometimes |
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What are the elephant's ears important for? | temperature regulation |
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What did Aristotle say about elephants? | Aristotle once said the elephant was "the beast which passeth all others in wit and mind." |
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What is the world population of Asian elephants? | The world population of Asian elephants â also called Indian Elephants or Elephas maximus â is estimated to be around 60,000 |
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What land animal is larger than an elephant? | None, the elephant is the largest land animal. |
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What part of an elephant is very important for temperature regulation? | The large flapping ears of an elephant are also very important for temperature regulation. |
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When do African elephants lie down? | when they are sick or wounded |
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Where was the largest elephant ever recorded shot? | The largest elephant ever recorded was shot in Angola in 1956. |
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Why does the phrase 'elephants never forget' have no metaphorical meaning? | Because it refers literally to elephants supposedly having an excellent memory. |
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Are Kangaroos Shy? | Yes |
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Are kangaroos and wallabies adept swimmers? | yes |
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Are kangaroos farmed to any extent? | No. |
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Are wild kangaroos shot for meat? | yes |
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Different species of kangaroos eat what? | different diets |
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Do kangaroos eat plants? | yes |
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Do kangaroos have many natural predators? | no |
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Have Kangaroos dazzled by headlights or startled by engine noise been known to leap in front of cars ? | yes |
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Have kangaroos fared well since European settlement? | yes |
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Have kangaroos large , powerful hind legs , large feet adapted for leaping , a long muscular tail for balance , and a small head ? | yes |
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Have larger kangaroos adapted much better to changes? | yes |
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Is a Kangaroo a Marsupial? | Yes |
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Is a collision with a vehicle capable of killing a kangaroo ? | yes |
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Is a kangaroo a marsupial from the family macropodidae -LRB- macropods , meaning (`` ` large foot ('' ' -RRB-? | yes |
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Is a kangaroo a reptile? | no |
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Is a kangaroo on the Australian coat of arms? | yes |
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Is the kangaroo an herbivour? | Yes |
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Was the game of Marn grook played using a ball made from kangaroo by the Kurnai people ? | yes |
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What are four species that are commonly referred to as kangaroos? | The Red Kangaroo, The Eastern Grey Kangaroo, The Western Grey Kangaroo, and The Antilopine Kangaroo |
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What are some extinct predators of the kangaroo? | Thylacine, Marsupial Lion, Maagalania, and Wonambi |
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What do kangaroos use for "crawl-walking?" | Their hind feet and their tails |
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What is a collective noun for a kangaroo? | a mob, troop, or court |
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What is a collective noun for kangaroos? | mob, troop, or court |
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What is the average life expectancy of a kangaroo? | about 4.6 years |
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What is used to protect a vehicale from a Kangaroo? | roo bars |
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What kinds of changes have larger kangaroos adapted much better to? | Changes wrought to the Australian landscape by humans. |
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What method is used by Kangaroos to travel? | hopping |
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What method of locomotion do Kangaroos Use? | hopping |
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When did the first official report of kangaroo blindness take place? | 1994 |
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Who also discovered that less than three percent of kangaroos exposed to the virus developed blindness ? | Veterinarians |
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Why do kangaroos have a wide bite? | The two sides of the lower jaw are not joined together and the lower incisors are farther apart. |
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Are large pythons potential prey for leopards? | yes |
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Are leopards circular? | No |
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Does a male leopard weigh more than a female leopard? | yes |
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Has the New Zealand Rugby League featured the Otahuhu Leopards and then the Tamaki Leopards ? | Yes |
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How did early naturalists distinguish between leopards and panthers? | By the length of the tail, panthers having longer tails than leopards |
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How does the distribution size of the leopard compare to the distribution of other wild cats? | As of 1996, the leopard had the largest distribution of any wild cat, although populations before and since have shown a declining trend and are fragmented outside of subsaharan Africa. |
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How long is a leopard's tail? | 60 to 110cm |
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How much does a leopard weigh? | Males are considerably larger than females and weigh 37 to 90 kg compared to 28 to 60 kg for females. |
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Is a leopard larger and less lanky than a cheetah? | yes |
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Is the leopard -LRB- panthera pardus -RRB- an old world mammal of the felidae family and the smallest of the four (`` ` big cats ('' ' of the genus panthera , along with the tiger , lion , and jaguar? | Yes |
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Is the leopard an Old World mammal? | yes |
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Is the leopard an agile and graceful predator? | Yes |
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Is the leopard of the Felidae family? | yes |
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Is the leopard one of the four 'big cats'? | yes |
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Is the leopard smaller than the other members of Panthera? | yes |
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Is the leopard solitary? | Yes |
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Was the leopard tank a German designed tank which entered service in 1965 ? | Yes |
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Were the Leopard men a West African secret society who practised cannibalism ? | Yes |
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What are dark leopards known as colloquially? | Black Panthers |
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What is a hybrid animal resulting from a union between a leopard and a puma? | a pumapard |
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What is the difference between leopards and cheetahs? | The leopard has rosettes rather than cheetah's simple spots, but they lack internal spots, unlike the jaguar. The leopard is larger and less lanky than the cheetah but smaller than the jaguar. |
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What may a leopard be mistaken for? | A cheetah or a jaguar |
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What shape are a leopard's black rosettes in East Africa? | circular |
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Where do leopards often hide their kills? | in dense vegetation or in trees |
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Where is the leopard distributed? | southern Eurasia and Africa, from Korea to South Africa and Spain |
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An otter 's den is what? | A holt |
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Are Male otters dog-otters , females are bitches and babies are cubs or pups ? | yes |
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Are male otters dog-otters? | yes |
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Are otters herbivores? | No |