Takaya
Scientific Discovery:
By Decade
By Decade
Ellesmere
Island Wolves
Island Wolves
What is it?
Grasslands
100
What kind of animal was Takaya?
Wolf
100
Discovery of insulin by Sir Frederick Banting.
1922
100
Why do Arctic Wolves constantly roam the northern wilderness?
Looking for food
100
Microscope
100
How fast can a prong-horned antelope run?
100 km/h
200
What landform did Takaya live on in the video?
Island or Archipelago
200
First Airplane Flight
1903
200
What springtime activity creates an urgency for food?
wolf pups are being born
200
Camera
200
How many Bison existed on Turtle Island before the arrival of Europeans?
60 million
300
What was banned on Discovery Island after Takaya was discovered?
Dogs
300
First living things sent into space.
Fruit Flies, 1947
300
According to this documentary, what do the wolves do to the pups from a rival wolfpack?
kill and eat them
300
Stethoscope
300
What feature does a male sage grouse have to attract a mate?
Chest Sacks
400
Who, in the story of Takaya, asked the government to not "interfere with nature?"
(Songhees) First Nation / Indigenous
400
First person lands on the moon.
1969
400
What type of animal runs in herds on Ellesmere Island, but not other places?
Rabbits / Hares (Snowshoe hares)
400
Polygraph / Lie Detector
400
What animal is the first to return after the grasslands are burnt?
Song birds / birds
500
How did Takaya die?
Shot by hunter
500
First woman in space.
Russian Valentina Tereshkova, 1963
500
Which wolf is the first to eat after a successful hunt?
Alpha Female
500
Tabletop Arcade Game
500
Besides Grizzly Bears, what other species is said to be returning to the grasslands?
Swift Fox