Snakes
Coyotes
Spiders
Bats
Vultures
100
Snakes keep rodent populations in check. Rodents are a reservoir for this bacterial disease.
What is Lyme disease?
100
This term refers to an animal that consumes both plant and animal matter.
What is an omnivore?
100
This species is often mistaken for being a spider, even though it belongs to the order Opiliones.
What is a harvestmen?
100
It is estimated that a little brown bat can eat this many insects in an hour.
What is 1,000?
100
Turkey vultures are often falsely called this name. It comes from the European term for hawks.
What are buzzards?
200
This species of venomous snake is found in Southwest Ohio and is often falsely accused of chasing people.
What is a cottonmouth?
200
This term refers to when a male and female pair remain loyal to each other in a social and reproductive context throughout their lifetime.
What is monogamy?
200
Spiders serve as a natural deterrent for this human concern.
What is pest invasion?
200
What percentage of bats are estimated to carry rabies?
< 1%
200
Vultures can smell Ethyl mercaptan, a compound in carrion, from this distance away.
What is 8 miles?
300
This location is where snakes hibernate in large groups, and often with several different species.
What is a hibernaculum?
300
Free-roaming domestic animals are more likely to be killed by this cause than by coyotes.
What is a car?
300
All spiders are able to produce this feature, which is theorized to be able to hold a plane if it were the width of a pencil.
What is silk?
300
The production of this kind of alcohol relies on pollination of its plant by the Mexican long-tongue bat.
What is tequila?
300
It is estimated that vultures save the United States this amount of money each year due to their decomposition abilities.
What is $1.5 billion?
400
This sensory organ helps snakes detect chemicals in the air, on the ground, or in water.
What is the Jacobson's organ?
400
In Ohio, coyotes are filling in for the role of wolves in the food web. What is the name of this position?
Apex predator
400
This group of spiders is well-studied for their cognitive abilities, including memory and planning.
What are jumping spiders?
400
This species is the world's fastest flying animal at speeds of up to 100 mph.
What is the Mexican free-tailed bat?
400
Vultures' role in the food chain as scavengers makes them highly vulnerable to this threat.
What is rodenticide use?
500
The name of the snake's position within a food web.
What is a mesopredator?
500
This non-invasive technique is often used on habituated animals to scare them and deter them from approaching people in the future.
What is hazing?
500
There are over 100 spider species that mimics this insect species, including both appearance and pheromones.
What are ants?
500
Bats are the second largest order of mammals, comprising of 1,400 species. What mammal order contains more species?
What is Rodentia?
500
This pose is used by vultures and other birds to kill bacteria with the sun's UV rays.
What is the Horaltic Pose?