APS Trivia

[python_guy44]

ill say brown snake as today i was watching a show and a brown snake was climbing a tree....

 

[ReptileRascals]

Me too,I will say brown snake...
But it is unfair that the kids can participate in both trivias while the elders cant!

 

[python_guy44]

whats wrong john, this thread is called "APS trivia" not "adult trivia"
Also im a teenager so i dont know what you referr to me as so i am answering both.

 

[Brodie]

Rough scaled snake also stephens banded snake?

Also slatey i got it from G.Gow's book (the file snake answer) - which was written in 1976 hehe

 

[Fuscus]

stephens banded snake (Hoplocephalus stephensii)

 

[Fuscus]

also
Eastern Tiger snake (Notechis scutatus scutatus)
Kreffts Tiger snake (Notechis ater ater) both of which feed on nestling birds in low trees and shurbs

 

[python_guy44]

lol fuscus it seems that way when you start posting.
But imagin how much hours have been spent on getting over the 1000 post mark (hint-afric)

 

[pythonss]

trivia.

what about a red bellie black snake..

also brown tree snakes?? are classed as venomous but not dangerous.

cheers paul.

 

[Slateman]

Well done Brodie. Elapid which efficiently climb tree is the rough scaled snake. you are getting point for answer.....Rough scaled snake also stephens banded snake?.... I don't know about the other snake but i am sure that you can see many different snakes some times climbing tree.

Score so far:

Fangs.............. 1 point
reptile rascal.......... 5+1/2 points
Astrobeca ...................1/2 point
Fuscus ...................1 point
Morelia man ..............1/2 point
brendan_spencer ..........1/2 point
python_guy44 ..............1 point
Brodie..............1 point

 

[Nicole]

Protest! Is my Broad Headed snake answer wrong?
Isn't that the rare one that looks like a Diamond python but smaller?
I think I read that it can be found in trees...
Some one set me straight if I am wrong.

 

[Brodie]

ahuh thats correct I believe Nicole...according to a few of the books I have been reading the genus: Hoplocephalus sometimes climb tree's

 

[Slateman]

Sorry Nicole i don't know how efficiently the Broad Headed snake climb tree. I just have one in the book which climb tree efficiently. I am sure that nearly all snakes can climb trees time to time. Forgive me my beauty.

Next question.
what is exact meaning of world ectothermic?

 

[Brodie]

reptiles are ectothermic....they cannot regulate their body temps themselves....so they rely on outside sources such as hot rocks etc....this is what ectothermic means

 

[ReptileRascals]

It means cold blooded,relating to an organism that regulates its body temperature largely by exchanging heat with its surroundings.

 

[Fuscus]

translated directly from its greek roots, it means outside temperature but if you go to directory.com, you will see ReptileRascals answer, almost word for word.

 

[ReptileRascals]

And the question was
what is exact meaning of world ectothermic?
I'd say I have the EXACT meaning as worded by dictionaries worldwide...

 

[Fuscus]

Well put.
The trouble with any trivia quiz is that it can end up being a test on how well you can navigate the internet and/or google. And no prizes for guessing how I found the match.

 

[Greebo]

I thought ectothermic meant something that absorbs heat not necessarily an organism. If I remember chemistry (so long ago now) exothermic refers to a substance that gives out heat and ectothermic absorbs heat...or was that endothermic...my memory is not what it used to be. Hand me my google Jeeves!

 

[Guest]

PLAGERISM cc naughty

 

[Slateman]

well done ewerybody. Nothing wrong with the other answers, but best exact translation is: ecto=from outside thermic=temperature
fuscus is geting 1 point and reptile rascal 1/2
It is hard to pick one best answer if they are all right.
But it is just fun trivia so don't get upset with me please.


Fangs.............. 1 point
reptile rascal.......... 6 points
Astrobeca ...................1/2 point
Fuscus ...................2 points
Morelia man ..............1/2 point
brendan_spencer ..........1/2 point
python_guy44 ..............1 point
Brodie..............1 point


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