Dogs
Wild ancestor of all domestic dogs.
What is the gray wolf?
What is the African wildcat?
2 primary reasons humans first domesticated horses.
What is transportation and carrying loads?
Two regions where cows were first domesticated (only need one, 200 if both).
What is Middle East and South Asia?
Wild ancestor of domestic pigs.
What is the wild boar?
The main reason early humans domesticated dogs.
What is hunting and protection?
Reason for cats' value in ancient Egypt.
What is their ability to control pests like mice and rats?
Term for a young horse.
What is a foal?
Two products humans use from cows.
What are milk and meat?
Reason humans domesticated pigs.
What is their ability to eat a variety of food and grow quickly for meat.
2 traits humans selectively breed dogs for.
What is size, coat color, speed, herding ability, and temperament?
Average top speed of a galloping horse.
What is 25 to 30 mph?
Gas released by cows during digestion that contributes to climate change.
What is methane?
Pigs are very smart. One task pigs can learn.
What is solving mazes, recognizing symbols, learn their names, sit, sniff out truffles?
The sense the develops last in newborn puppies (touch, smell, vision, hearing, taste).
What is vision?
2 physical features the helps cats stay balanced and land on their feet.
What is their flexible spine and tail?
Term for the process of breeding horses for specific traits.
What is selective breeding?
Adaptation that allows cows to digest tough plant material.
What is their four-chambered stomach?
The purpose of rolling in mud.
What is staying cool?
Number of dog breeds officially recognized by the American Kennel Club.
What is over 200 breeds?
Domestic cats are obligate carnivores. Constraint of obligate carnivores.
What is they must eat meat to survive?
Person who takes care of horses' hooves and shoes them.
What is a farrier?
The process of humans selectively breeding cows to increase milk production.
What is artificial selection?
Main reason pigs have been used for medical research.
What is similar organ systems to humans?