Takaya
Scientific Discovery:
By Decade
Ellesmere
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