Zoology/Questions
| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
| bird brains | 12/23/2005 | Walter Hintz |
| Q: why does the right eye of a bird connect to the left side of its brain Answer - This is cerebral ... A: Sorry chris but I maintain that cerebral dominance is the result of natural selection and therefore ... | ||
| Portugese man-o-war | 12/22/2005 | Walter Hintz |
| Q: I understand the Portugese man-o-war is a floating colony of individual polyps, each specialising in ... A: This creature is indeed a colony of hydroid polyps and is scientifically named Physalia physalis.( ... | ||
| bird brains | 12/22/2005 | Walter Hintz |
| Q: why does the right eye of a bird connect to the left side of its brain A: This is cerebral dominance and occurs in all birds and mammals. Why is another story. Suffice to ... | ||
| heart | 12/22/2005 | Walter Hintz |
| Q: sir, i want to know that why is the atrio-ventricular valve in the right side of the human heart is ... A: "Why" questions are often a mystery and fit into the realm of evolutionary biology. When we cannot ... | ||
| zoology | 12/17/2005 | Ed Saugstad |
| Q: Which is the longest survival animal (species) still roaming around us? A: just because there are so many possibilities. By using the term 'roaming' you appear to be limiting ... | ||
| Echolocation | 12/16/2005 | Walter Hintz |
| Q: Sir, I am an university student, please explain to me what is the mechanisim of echolocation ... A: The mammal sends out high pitch sound waves that bounce back. They are picked up by the "melon" a ... | ||
| Parental Care | 12/16/2005 | Walter Hintz |
| Q: Sir, I am a post gradutate student. Please give me an idea about the parental care of birds ... A: With the exception of mammals perhaps no creatures exhibit greater parental care than birds. Nest ... | ||
| monkeys and cats | 12/14/2005 | Walter Hintz |
| Q: Spoke w/ my 7 year old daughter and we have 2 questions... can you pop a monkeys toes? do cats ... A: Children come up with just about everything. These are things that I have never thought about ... | ||
| monkeys and cats | 12/14/2005 | Ed Saugstad |
| Q: Spoke w/ my 7 year old daughter and we have 2 questions... can you pop a monkeys toes? do cats ... A: ' but because their skeletal structure is so similar to ours, I would not be surprised if this could ... | ||
| Alligator/Crocodile question | 12/14/2005 | Ed Saugstad |
| Q: I have heard that if you touch an Alligator/Crocodile a certain way it will roll over and fall ... A: and have very grave doubts as to its validity. I for one would be totally unwilling to put it to a ... | ||
| dogs | 12/8/2005 | Ed Saugstad |
| Q: Why do dogs eat other animals shit? A: and numerous reasons have been postulated to explain it. For more details, see ... | ||
| future planning | 12/5/2005 | Ed Saugstad |
| Q: What does a person with a career in zoology do on a day to day basis? I am about to graduate from ... A: It is no exaggeration to state that it comprises literally hundreds, if not thousands, of ... | ||
| dog foods | 11/28/2005 | Walter Hintz |
| Q: I looked at some of the questions you've answered and mine is kind of like the dog treat science ... A: Have you carried out the project yet. You will have to include your results as part of the paper. ... | ||
| Fish species | 11/28/2005 | Ed Saugstad |
| Q: I am also an AE volunteer in motorcycle safety. I have an obscure but generalI saw a documentary ... A: my best guess is that it might be a wolf eel (Anarrhichthys ocellatus); see ... | ||
| Animals with an odd number of legs. | 11/18/2005 | Ed Saugstad |
| Q: We were having a discussion in work, and realised we couldn't think of an animal with an odd number ... A: usually articulated, and used for locomotion, the short answer is 'no.' However, some would argue ... | ||
| Very big cats | 11/18/2005 | Ed Saugstad |
| Q: I am in a heated argument with a graduate student right now....He just bet $100. that black panthers ... A: it also will be very difficult to prove him wrong. But first, a little background: (1) The term ... | ||
| how many animals live on earth | 11/12/2005 | Ed Saugstad |
| Q: I am interested if there is known how many animals live on earth right now. It would be nice to ... A: as some individual species of insects (especially ants and termites) number in countless billions. ... | ||
| Need Help Identifying a Snake | 11/11/2005 | Ed Saugstad |
| Q: I have recently moved to the Yucatan of Mexico. Today we found a snake on our property that our ... A: com> I will be able to look at it there. Venomous snakes in Mexico include about 25 species of ... | ||
| Hamsters | 11/8/2005 | Ed Saugstad |
| Q: I am doing a science experiment for school and was wondering how can we test a hamster's IQ or do ... A: my apologies for the delay in answering your question - among other things, we've had some ... | ||
| Tundra Animals | 11/2/2005 | Ed Saugstad |
| Q: Can you provide me with any information about animals living in the Tundra (Alaska). A: the arctic tundra is home to many birds, mammals, and insects (no amphibians or reptiles can survive ... | ||
| developements in microbiology from 1876 | 10/28/2005 | Ed Saugstad |
| Q: we are students of U.I. i woulld like to know the the recent developements in micobiology from the ... A: I suggest that you peruse some of the available historic synopses on this subject, and then see if ... | ||
| Zoology | 10/24/2005 | Ed Saugstad |
| Q: I am a research scholar in the field of zoology i am trying to culture daphnia(orthropodan ... A: Naga - As I do not know the details of your culturing setup, I suggest that you look at ... | ||
| Animal Appearances | 10/19/2005 | Walter Hintz |
| Q: Hintz, Is there a term that refers to the fact that some species of wildlife are particularly ... A: The statements "particularly beautiful" and "very dangerous" are relative terms so is difficult to ... | ||
| Animal Appearances | 10/15/2005 | Walter Hintz |
| Q: Hintz, In the midst of writing my novel, I've hit a stumbling block. Is there an overall term that ... A: I know of no overall term for this.I even googled the term and found nothing. It seems to me that ... | ||
| Worm, or parasite? | 10/14/2005 | Walter Hintz |
| Q: I saw a very strange animal(?) once in the mountains of the Pacific NW, in the US. It was worm-like, ... A: I believe you may have seen the Gordius or horsehair worm. The size shape and tangling make me ... | ||
| Color of Bird Seed | 10/13/2005 | Walter Hintz |
| Q: I'm a science project with a partner. The question that I will try to answer is... If I change the ... A: OK Nicole. You have the question and now you have to make a hypothesis and design an experiment. If ... | ||
| herpetology classes | 9/29/2005 | Ed Saugstad |
| Q: I am 16 at this time and would really love to get a head start in herpetology. Is there any ... A: but you might check out the following: http://ed-x.com/courselistings/courseinfo.asp?NewsID=18141, ... | ||
| rat anatomy | 9/21/2005 | Ed Saugstad |
| Q: I have been told that rats cannot vomit - is this true? If not, why not? A: Rats cannot vomit in the sense of an active, forcible removal of the stomach contents via the ... | ||
| Heating and cooling Hysteresis | 9/21/2005 | Walter Hintz |
| Q: What are the major differences between reptiles and amphibians in terms of thermal regulation both ... A: Both amphibians and reptiles are poikelotherms (cold blooded) and must change environments in order ... | ||
| phases of the moon | 9/17/2005 | Walter Hintz |
| Q: I sure hope someone here can push me in the right direction or provide some useful information. My ... A: Many ideas regarding the relationship between the moon and behavior are based upon mythology yet ... | ||
| Recent taxonomy change for corn snakes | 9/12/2005 | Ed Saugstad |
| Q: We have had a pet corn snake for 13 years, ever since he was a baby the size of a pencil. I enjoy ... A: names change as scientests' understanding of the relationships among organisms changes (and ... | ||
| Breathing | 9/11/2005 | Ed Saugstad |
| Q: I once heard that horses drink water through their nose. I do not beleive any animal does that. ... A: no animal habitually drinks through its nose. Having grown up on a farm with horses, I can assure ... | ||
| Unknown Bug | 9/7/2005 | Ed Saugstad |
| Q: I sent you a previous email about this 'unknown'.. After research, this is the closest resemblence ... A: ' it may be an ichneumon wasp in the genus Megarhyssa. See ... | ||
| What kinds of animals are these? | 8/30/2005 | Ed Saugstad |
| Q: If you could identify these animals for me, that would be really great. They can be found at: ... A: I believe that http://img285.imageshack.us/my.php?image=Stewies2.jpg shows a fossa (also known as a ... | ||
| Classification of single member families | 8/25/2005 | Ed Saugstad |
| Q: I know pronghorn are the only members in their classification family. I read that scientists ... A: particularly among extinct groups where fragmentary fossil evidence often results in the erection of ... | ||
| Origins of pet behavior | 8/21/2005 | Walter Hintz |
| Q: I'm considering writing an article for children/teens explaining and relating behavior they may see ... A: I can only provide limited insight here Susana. You could probably ask a vet about the domestic ... | ||
| Whale Secretions | 8/15/2005 | Ed Saugstad |
| Q: Not sure if this question fits your category but here goes.. A friend of mine insists that whales ... A: I believe that your friend is confusing blubber with ambergris, a waxy substance secreted in the ... | ||
| worldwide bird species | 8/3/2005 | Ed Saugstad |
| Q: my advisor (avid birder) is being tormented by a birding guide friend with thiswhat are the 12 ... A: I would add the barn owl, feral pigeons, the grey plover, storm petrels, Audubon's shearwater, the ... | ||
| relatives of primates | 8/1/2005 | Walter Hintz |
| Q: What is the closest relatated mammal order to primates? A: This is a tough question. The lemurs are closely related to primates but they are actually a ... | ||
| Sleep | 7/30/2005 | Walter Hintz |
| Q: My eight year old daughter showed me a drawing of an ant home she had designed, complete with ... A: An ant home with a bedroom:I love it. I bet "A Bug's Life" is one of her favorite movies. Even the ... | ||
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Zoology
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Walter Hintz
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Expertise
I can answer questions about both vertebrate and invertebrate zoology. I am an expert in animal behavior, especially birds.
Experience
I have taught for over 50 years. I teach college biology courses and I have led tours to the Galapagos Islands and the Belize rain forest
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