Mythical Menagerie
Dragons with two wings and only two legs are often called by this alternative name.
What is wyvern?
DAILY DOUBLE!
This mammal known for "playing dead" is one of North America's only marsupials.
What is an opossum?
Though people commonly think of spiders as insects, they actually belong to this other group of invertebrates, which also includes scorpions.
What are arachnids?
In order to lighten their bodies and provide extra oxygen high in the sky, birds have accessory air sacs inside these body structures.
What are bones?
Gregor Mendel famously demonstrated allelic inheritence using this plant.
What is the pea plant?
The mythical chimera is usually depicted as being a mix of these three real-life animals.
What is a lion, a goat, and a snake?
This anxious feline is known for sometimes being kept company by emotional support dogs in zoos.
What is a cheetah?
This loud, summertime insect's young may not emerge from the ground for over a decade.
What are cicadas?
Most birds are tetrachromatic and can see this type of light that humans can't see.
What is UV light?
Plants taht die back in the winter but return again year after year are said to be this.
What is perennial?
This mythical creature that shares its name with a real-life amphibian is thought in some myths to be a spirit of fire.
What is a salamander?
This popular dog breed struggles to breed or give birth without human intervention.
What is the french bulldog?
DAILY DOUBLE!
The "death spiral" is a phenomenon sometimes observed in groups of this diminutive insect.
What are ants?
This elusive songbird is the state bird of North Dakota.
What is the Western Meadowlark?
Many plant species are polyploids, which means they have one or more extra complete set(s) of this cellular structure.
What are chromosomes?
This turtle-like Japanese mythical creature is known for having a bowl-shaped dent in its head and loving cucumbers.
What is a kappa?
These prickly monotremes are the only other mammal species, besides the famous platypus, to lay eggs.
What are echidnas?
This structural fiber found in insect exoskeletons is also found in some mushrooms.
What is chitin?
This monochromatic parrot species has been able to learn how to identify different colors, materials, and shapes. Many researchers consider it to have intelligence on the same level as a three or four year old human child.
What is the African Grey Parrot?
When deprived of light, many plants will grow long and pale to try and reach the nearest light source--a process known by this name.
What is etiolation?
The mythical "questing beast" is described as having the neck of a serpent, the body of a leopard, the haunches of a lion, and the feet of a hart (deer). Some scholars think that descriptions of this creature arose from Medieval observations of this real-life animal.
What is a giraffe?
Despite living in the ocean, killer whales are known predators of these majestic land-dwelling herbivores.
What are moose?
A firefly's glow is caused by this sinister-sounding enzyme.
What is luciferase?
Haliaeetus leucocephalus is the scientific name for this iconic bird of prey.
What is the Bald Eagle?
Foxgloves produce this toxin, which, while potentially fatal to humans, has also been used medicinally to treat certain heart conditions.
What is digitalis?