Farm Facts
How many farm animals can I raise in Portland without a permit?
Portland allows residents to raise up to three of any combination of the following without a permit: chickens, ducks, rabbits, pigeons, or pygmy goats.
Fun name for a domesticated rat
Domesticated rates are called “Fancy rats”
A reindeer is the same creature as what North American animal?
Santa’s sleigh was pulled by Caribou
Name some plants in the Brassica family - they are all the same plant bread over time to produce different parts of the plant.
Kale, cabbage, broccoli, coliflower Brussels sprouts,
All cows are female. A dairy cow is a female _______?
Cows are female cattle.
Not all cattle are cows.
Bovine is the entire cattle family including bison and buffalo
Which queen popularized keeping fancy rats?
Queen Victoria and other sophisticated ladies at court kept rats and these where modern fancy rats in the west descend from.
In Japan rats have documented having been kept as pets as far as 1100 BC
What is the deadliest animal in Africa?
Hippopotamus kill an estimated 500 people annually.
A weed is simply a plant growing where it isn’t wanted. What plant is often considered a weed today by lawn enthusiasts but is actually a vegetable?
Dandelions are incredible little powerhouses. They have a long history of being used for food and medicine
You can eat every part of a Dandelion.
Farm vs. Ranch what is the difference?
The difference is simply the primary focus.
A farm primarily cultivated crops involves intensive management of soils.
Ranches primarily focuses on livestock, to produce meat or animal products. Ranches focus on husbandry and grazing management
How many cases of rabies in humans are cases by rats each year in the US?
Zero. There have never been any reported cases of human rabies transmission from rats or other common rodents.
Rats can contract rabies although it is incredibly rare. Rats are not a natural incubator of rabies.
Which common farm animal is from Africa, hates water and has a blue tongue like a giraffe?
Goats! Specifically African Pygmy goats
Name a common nut is not a true nut
Peanut, pecans, almonds, cashews
A true nut is a dry fruit with a hard shell and a single seed
Legumes are edible seeds grown in podsLargest irrigated crop in USA ?
Lawn. Turf grass is the largest irrigated crop - larger than corn, wheat and fruit orchards combined.
Lawn uses more water than the seven greatest water using crops combined.
What adorable traits do rats have that many animals outside of humans don’t?
Rats are excellent for research because of their intelligence. They have been documented to laugh, giggle when tickled, dream and show empathy to others.
How far can an elephant “ hear” ?
An elephant can hear low frequency sounds made by other elephants up to 6 miles away
They can sense vibrations through their feet even farther - hey Siri how many miles is 150 km
Elephants have been observed moving towards thunderstorms that are over 90 miles away They can.
Two of these fruits are not berries, Bananas, Strawberries, Grapes, black berries
Strawberry & Blackberries are not technically berries
They each are are an accessory fruit - the seeds are not found on the inside
On food labels what is the difference between. Natural and organic?
The term natural is not regulated but considered by the FDA to mean nothing artificial. Natural does not exclude GMOs or require specific farming practices.
Organic is more regulated - a specific certification requiring certain farming practices prohibition on synthetic fertilizers, pesticides and GMOs.
GMO - genetically modified organisms
Which variety of rat are know as Hero rats?
Bomb rats are African giant pouched rats that have been trained to detect explosives and land mines. Saving lives they are light weight enough to go into active minefields without detonating them.
Very powerful noses- They have also been trained to detect illegal wildlife products. They are able to accurately and reliably detect tuberculosis in humans. Especially useful in low resource areas.
What creature was responsible for bubonic plague?
Humans. Would also accept fleas as a response.
Studies have shown that human psrisites like fleas and body lice were the primary culprits in spreads the plague. Researchers used models of disease outbreaks simulating the spread by rats, airborne transmission and fleas and lice that live in humans and their clothes. The models showed that the spread of disease was better explained by human parasites rather than rats or airborne transmission.Which fruit we commonly eat today was called the “poison apple” for centuries because aristocrats would get sick and die after eating?
Tomatoes were thought to be poisonous because the acid in the tomatoes cases the lead in pewter leached lead out of the plates.