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| Do earth worms have electromagnetic fields? | 11/12/2009 | Meryl Green |
Q: can you please help
A: Yes, I think the worms would get shocked, and I'm not sure the paper would create an electromagnetic ...
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| What is this? | 11/11/2009 | Meryl Green |
Q: I found this "creature" on a bench. I live near the gulf coast of central Florida and have never ...
A: I think what you have is a "puss caterpillar", Megalopyge opercularis. The adult is rather ...
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| What is this? | 11/10/2009 | Meryl Green |
Q: I found this "creature" on a bench. I live near the gulf coast of central Florida and have never ...
A: Unfortunately the picture is not focused on the animal. From the details you give and what I can ...
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| Ducks | 11/9/2009 | Walter Hintz |
Q: I have 3 ducks,a pair of Abacot Rangers and a male Muscovy.I have noticed the male Muscovy is very ...
A: The average incubation period for Mallard duck eggs is 28 days starting from the time laying is ...
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| Ducks | 11/7/2009 | Walter Hintz |
Q: I have 3 ducks,a pair of Abacot Rangers and a male Muscovy.I have noticed the male Muscovy is very ...
A: Abacot ducks have been artificially selected from Mallards and are classified in the Genus Anas. ...
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| Duck release | 11/6/2009 | Walter Hintz |
Q: About nine weeks ago I came across two abandoned part black duck/mallard chicks. I bought them home ...
A: These ducks are wild animals guided by their heredity makeup and not by your actions. You bear no ...
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| biology | 11/6/2009 | Walter Hintz |
Q: How do whales reproduce? Cause of the extinction of the dinosaurs? When Venus is composed mm pine? ...
A: Whales reproduce the same way as all mammals, by copulation. Although it is more complicated with ...
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| career help! | 11/3/2009 | Meryl Green |
Q: I have just completed a National Diploma in Animal Management in England, I came out of the course ...
A: In the United States many organizations offer internships. Some, usually smaller places, are purely ...
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| cat repredues | 10/30/2009 | Meryl Green |
Q: how many babies can a cat give in birth?
A: Domestic cats can have up to 10 kittens in a litter and the average number of kittens in a litter is ...
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| Snake! | 10/27/2009 | Meryl Green |
Q: I found a snake in my lawn mom says its a grass snake it has a red stripe strait down its back. and ...
A: It sounds like it could be a rainbow snake (1) or possibly a ground snake (2), but since I'm not ...
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| Need to identify a snake | 10/21/2009 | Meryl Green |
Q: We just found a baby snake in our office and need to identify it. We are in Central Florida. ...
A: I'm pretty sure this one is a racer. Here's a picture that looks remarkably like yours: ...
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| animals | 10/10/2009 | Walter Hintz |
Q: I don't mean to bother you about a question you can't answer. But if you can or know somebody who ...
A: There is no web site or person that could name all known animal species. There are 950000 insects ...
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| zoology | 9/29/2009 | Walter Hintz |
Q: I'm 18 and I'm working on a project with two of my friends and I have a Few questions for you. Where ...
A: I graduated from Kent State university in Ohio. The Ohio State Universityand the University of ...
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| Caterpiller | 9/28/2009 | Walter Hintz |
Q: We found this caterpiller this weekend in the Ozarks of Missouri. We cannot find it in our ...
A: I am still up in the air on this one. It is definitely a sphinx moth hornworm but I do not know the ...
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| Duck Anatomy | 9/25/2009 | Walter Hintz |
Q: My wife recently read a book about birds, which said something amazing: Some birds have a penis! I ...
A: Most birds do not have a penis but larger birds and most waterfowl like ducks and geese do.Birds ...
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| My Cat Chewy | 9/24/2009 | Meryl Green |
Q: I have an interesting question to ask you. My 2 Year old male cat Chewy didn't get his name for ...
A: I don't think he was taken too early. Typically cat breeders let their kittens go to their new ...
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| Zoology questions I need answered for a paper! | 9/17/2009 | Walter Hintz |
Q: 1. Do you enjoying being a zoologist? 2. What animals are your favorites to work with or to ...
A: 1. Yes 2. insects 3.I am retired but teach college classes 2 days a week 4.yes 5. I am basically a ...
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| cat cleaning | 9/12/2009 | Meryl Green |
Q: I saw a cat cleaning himself once, and this question came to my head: If a cat cleans itself with ...
A: I hadn't thought about that before, but that's a good question. My search isn't turning up ...
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| Zebras | 9/12/2009 | Walter Hintz |
Q: My name is Jillian Miller I am a 6th grader at East Middle School in Tullahoma,Tennessee. I am doing ...
A: There is no doubt in my mind that the most useful adaptation is the striped pattern. When the ...
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| hi | 9/8/2009 | Walter Hintz |
Q: I'm doing a project on Zoology. 1. What are the advantages for this occupation? 2. What positive ...
A: 1. If you love animals and enjoy studying them and working with them there are no disadvantages. 2. ...
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| Zoology | 9/1/2009 | Walter Hintz |
Q: What steps beyond high school/or college will I need to take before I can begin this career? Are ...
A: A Zoologist is a degreed biologist who specialies in animal studies as opposed to a botanist. To ...
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| Juvie Mourning Dove | 8/27/2009 | Walter Hintz |
Q: Yesterday while i was mowing i found a juvenile mourning dove that was unable to fly. I did a quick ...
A: I have never given advice to anyone about a young dove before. It has to be fed but the parent ...
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| Snake | 8/21/2009 | Meryl Green |
Q: I was visiting my parents home today and found a very small black snake with a white ring around the ...
A: I believe this is probably a ringneck snake (Diadophis punctatus). In my area they are typically ...
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| zoology colleges | 8/18/2009 | Meryl Green |
Q: I am not sure if you can help, but I live in Kentucky and all the courses I am finding in the local ...
A: Any college with a good biology program will fill your needs. I've researched this type of question ...
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| why don't apes have tails? | 8/14/2009 | Walter Hintz |
Q: Why is it that primates (except for monkeys) are tailless? Would not having a tail give any specific ...
A: Why questions involve evolutionary biology. Such questions can only be answered by stating that the ...
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| identify this baby snake | 8/9/2009 | Meryl Green |
Q: This is the second snake I've asked you to identify. It seems they are coming from no-where. It's ...
A: This one I'm really iffy on. It -may- be a pine woods snake, Rhadinaea flavilata, but the photos ...
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| cats | 8/5/2009 | Meryl Green |
Q: what are the kinds of cats in florida
A: There are two kinds of cats native to Florida. The Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi) lives ...
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| identify this snake | 7/27/2009 | Meryl Green |
Q: I got a picture of a snake crawling outside. It's been staying in my pond. Can you tell me what ...
A: That's ok. I have people all the time wanting me to identify snakes (both online and in person) ...
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| identify this snake | 7/27/2009 | Meryl Green |
Q: I got a picture of a snake crawling outside. It's been staying in my pond. Can you tell me what ...
A: Since that's not a particularly distinct color pattern (i.e. a lot of snakes have it) I'll be better ...
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| biggest snake | 7/21/2009 | Walter Hintz |
Q: I was just watching animal planet and saw what was labeled as the world record snake, a 49 ft, 985 ...
A: The trouble with finding record snakes is that every snake has not been seen. The record for the ...
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| what do i feed my bird! | 7/17/2009 | Walter Hintz |
Q: Hey! I was at the park today and i found this thing slapping away at the water, so i bend down and ...
A: See if you can get me a photo of it. Meanwhile use an eyedropper and give it some milk and some very ...
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| snake | 7/10/2009 | Meryl Green |
Q: i have a snake reddish-brown in color and i found it in north california what is it?
A: It could be several things. Perhaps it is a coachwhip: ...
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| Taxonomy | 7/6/2009 | Walter Hintz |
Q: Walter. Nice to meet you I'd like to know something about the taxonomy of some animals that make me ...
A: According to the definition members of the same species will breed true i.e. produce fertile young. ...
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| Insects Boring Into Animals' Ears | 7/6/2009 | Walter Hintz |
Q: I thought I had heard that the Cape Buffalo was aggressive, in part, because flies planted eggs in ...
A: Fly maggots do not bore into brains and feed on brains. In the first place maggots do not feed on ...
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| Animals | 7/3/2009 | Walter Hintz |
Q: I want to ask that Do animals have emotions? I mean Do they have liking or disliking or Do they have ...
A: First of all I think you are wondering about vertebrates and not invertebrates. It is most likely ...
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| Ichthyology | 6/29/2009 | Walter Hintz |
Q: My granddaughter is interested in a colege degree in studying sharks, their behavior, etc. We ...
A: She must first get a batchelors degree in biology or zoology which she can get at any college. Since ...
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| Tiger strenth | 6/28/2009 | Meryl Green |
Q: I have two questions regarding tigers: 1) There is this guy posting on youtub that if he had a knife ...
A: Hmm... feels kind of strange to discuss this, but I guess in a way I -am- defending the tiger, eh? ...
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| pekin ducks and snakes | 6/24/2009 | Walter Hintz |
Q: Is it true that regular Peking ducks kill snakes? We have a creek in Texas and have snakes in it to ...
A: I have heard that ducks and geese will kill small snakes but a sfar as cleaning snakes from a creek ...
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| Mallard drake aggression | 6/22/2009 | Walter Hintz |
Q: We have 3 mature Mallards 1 male and 2 females, and 4 babies approximately 45 days old. We had ...
A: Aggressive behavior is the norm in Drakes. It is in their DNA. We humans have a propensity for ...
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| How to care for a baby Crow | 6/21/2009 | Walter Hintz |
Q: I found a baby crow 2 days ago thats nest had been blown out of a tree and was about to be eaten by ...
A: Try moist cat food and you can also give it water. You might try to keep it outside once in a while ...
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