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| Tame North American Wood Duck | 7/3/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: Walter, A little over two months ago my fiance found an abandoned North American Wood Duck hatchling ...
A: Since this duck is only two months old I believe that she could survive in a watery area if there ...
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| Few questions about zoology | 7/1/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: I have a few question about zoology in general. I'm currently a junior and I have decided I want to ...
A: First you get a degree in Biology. In doing so after general biology you would specialize in ...
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| Few questions about zoology | 6/30/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: I have a few question about zoology in general. I'm currently a junior and I have decided I want to ...
A: Zoology is the study of animals, all animals. Now you can specialize in one group of animals. If ...
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| confused | 6/29/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: I'm really interested in being a zoologist.. but I'm not just interested in working with animals on ...
A: There are all sorts of jobs in Marine biology. You can separate field work from lab studies. Lets ...
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| confused | 6/29/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: I'm really interested in being a zoologist.. but I'm not just interested in working with animals on ...
A: A marine biologist studie all types of life un the ocean. To be a marine biologist you must first ...
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| baby crow | 6/28/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: gday my son found a baby crow after we had a wind storm recently and you wont believe it it was ...
A: It is difficult to tell whether too much meat is the problem. Has the bird shown any growth during ...
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| found a large tooth | 6/24/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: While we were cleaning out flower beds in front of our gym (on a downtown street)my young son found ...
A: I cannot identify this tooth as I am not an expert on skeletons. Do you have a university near you. ...
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| spiders | 6/17/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: I had a wonderful Daring Jumping Spider in my office (I let her in through the window) for a few ...
A: I do not know how common names come about but my guess is that the "daring" comes from the spiders ...
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| zoology | 6/17/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: I'm a ninth grade student. Do I need only my Sciences especially only Biology to become a Zoologist? ...
A: It depends upon what type of a zoologist you are. Some zoologists for example are involved in the ...
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| baby crow | 6/16/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: I found a baby crow on the way home from school it appears to have broken it's leg.It's quite small ...
A: Raising baby crows is a big job. The parent birds are probably close by and will feed it. Keep it ...
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| domestic ducks, mating habits | 6/1/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: I have hade petey a domestic mallard mix for 2 years . recently I aquired another domestic duck ...
A: I have never heard about female ducks dying if an egg is not layed and I am sure it is not true. It ...
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| pekin duck aggressive behaviour | 5/29/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: We have one drake and two pekin ducks now eight years old. They no longer lay but are kept as pets ...
A: It is hard to predict the behavior of ducks. Flocking birds do establish a pecking order that can ...
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| becoming a zoologist | 5/23/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: I'm only 13 but i am very interested in working with wild animals. I would love to work with big ...
A: There are vocational schools that can prepare you as an animal trainer and you can probably work ...
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| zoology | 5/21/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: What math is used in zoology?
A: Every activity we carry out and all aspects of our life involves numbers. Numbers are especially ...
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| What kind of snake is this? | 5/14/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: I live in warren Michigan, and i was in my backyard and there was a hole (about the size where a rat ...
A: I have a lot of problems with this photobucket stuff. Please send the photo to my email address ...
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| Shark school project! | 5/12/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: I am in a 4 person group doing a project about sharks and I need to get 2 secondary sources and 1 ...
A: The question should actually be turned around. The diet does not affect the teeth but the teeth are ...
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| hide and hair | 5/10/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: i understand that tigers have the same pattern on both hair and hide.My questions are:1. What other ...
A: Distinctive color patterns on mammals all are part of protective camouflage. The same coloration of ...
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| zoology | 5/8/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: I'm in the middle school,and we are job shadowing but first we have to find some information ...
A: Zoology is the study of animals. A zoologist is a biologist who has conducted special studies ...
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| My baby crow | 5/4/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: a baby crow fell from the nest and my cat tryed to get it so i stopped my cat from getting it. i ...
A: Birds rarely fall from a nest but often leave before they can fly. If it can stand and has some ...
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| Seagull wakes us up every morning! | 5/4/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: Please can you help us or tell us where to get some advice. We live about 300 yards from the sea in ...
A: I honestly do not know what to say about this as I have never been presented with a pesky gull ...
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| Endangerment of Polar Bears | 5/1/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: I am writing a research paper which needs to argue a side. I am researching polar bear endangerment ...
A: The first thing you must do is to take a stand on Global warming. The controversy about it centers ...
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| best animal hearers | 4/19/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: what are the top ten animals have the best hearing and what are they?
A: This is a tough question because there are so many qualifications to consider and the words "best ...
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| zoology | 4/15/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: whats the main difference between wasps and honey bees?if these are different then ywhy they are ...
A: The Hymenoptera is made up of many different families and the words bee and wasp are often used ...
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| animal behavioral questions | 3/31/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: Do all animals behave the same when they get hurt, scared etc.? What are some dangers in training a ...
A: When a bear or big cat bites another while playing they do not necessarily inflict damage but when ...
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| animal behavioral questions | 3/30/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: Do all animals behave the same when they get hurt, scared etc.? What are some dangers in training a ...
A: It depends upon what kind of animal you are thinking about,> i will go under the assumption you are ...
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| alligator traits | 3/20/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: A friend and I got into this discussion about what to do in certain animal attacks. Lay down, play ...
A: Alligators rarely attack humans. Most attacks are by females protecting young. However if I was ...
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| Zoology in general. | 3/14/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: Hey. I'm planning on becoming a zoologist. I'm not even in high school yet. What classes should I ...
A: I am a college biology teacher and do not work as a zoologist. When you enter high school take all ...
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| cats | 3/4/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: i dont really know if you can answer this question but here it comes. Can a cat go through a maze ...
A: I do not know of studies having cats learn a maze so I cannot direct you to one. I can give you my ...
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| insect blood circulation | 3/3/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: My name is Katie and I am 11 years old.I am doing a project and I need help about the blood ...
A: Insects have what we call an open circulatory system. That means the the entire body cavity is ...
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| Black Creatures In Creek | 3/3/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: I was wondering if you could help me identify some black creatures attached to the rocks in our ...
A: Planaria will sometimes be on top of the rock especially it the stream flow is very slow. Is it ...
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| Can animals aside from humans and hammerhead sharks tan? | 2/27/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: I read, to my surprise, that hammerhead sharks are the only other animals aside from humans which ...
A: I have never thought about this so I did some investigating. All vertebrates have cells that ...
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| snake | 2/18/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: My kids found a snake in the basement 3 months ago and we have kept it in a aquarium because it ...
A: Can you send me a photo? (waltjh@sbcglobal.net) The stripes indicate a garter snake. Many snakes ...
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| Zoology studies & careers | 2/2/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: I live in Greece and am a student of a Lykeio, something like a senior high school. I always loved ...
A: I cannot tell you about Universities in Netherlands or the UK but almost every large university in ...
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| what color bird feeder attracts the most birds? | 1/31/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: I need to no what color feeder attracts what kinds of birds
A: I do not know Jess. I have not seen a study on this. Most feeders are naturally colored with ...
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| zoologist salary | 1/28/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: how much does a zoologist make with a ph.d? i live in florida. im not sure if i should be a ...
A: I do not know because it varies with where you live and what type of animal work you are doing but ...
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| Animal Behavior | 1/23/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: I am having a science fair project in school and in life i want to be a world wide vet, so i have a ...
A: Science is a discovery process. For your project you have to design an experiment to test this. ...
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| how do i get a zoo | 1/17/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: what degrees would i need to manage a zoo, about how much money would i need (or my sponser if i get ...
A: Being the manager of a zoo would require a business degree but a degree in zoology would be helpful. ...
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| sex | 1/16/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: how can i find out what gender my crayfish is?
A: Carefully turn over the crayfish an examine the tail area. The animal has ten legs and on the tail ...
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| Worms and Snails | 1/14/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: My son is doing a science project and he wants to know which is faster a snail or a worm? I have ...
A: The problem here is that it is tough to test because the snail has directional movement and the worm ...
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| training mice to run maze | 1/12/2008 | Walter Hintz |
Q: My daughter is doing a Science fair project on how long it takes to train a Hamster to run a maze , ...
A: It is difficult to assign a time to a mouse learning a maze. There are too many variables and it ...
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