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Small quiz about UK mustelids.

Discussion in 'Quizzes, Competitions & Games' started by Pootle, 22 Jan 2022.

  1. Pootle

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    "Ony" scored 6 out of 7 because I thought ferret and polecat were the same species and the ferret just the domestic form of it ( which is actualy the case ) ...
     
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    I cheated because I thought that was the answer they wanted. I’ve seen a suggestion that the ferret is a domesticate of an Eastern European race/species, but they must have so much ordinary Polecat genes in them by now…..for me they’re the same animal.
     
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    Remember this is a light hearted BBC quiz, not a genetic splitting species and sub species quiz...:eek::D

    The one I sort of guessed right was otters whistling, I always thought of it more as a squeal/shriek or scream sound.
     
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    I also got 6/7 for the same reason :rolleyes:
     
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    6 out of 7 for me as well. Polecats and ferrets are clearly the same...
     
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    Despite not being from the U.K., I used to read a lot of British Wildlife books from my school library as a kid, so I managed a six out of seven. I didn’t actually know otters could whistle, but I knew they didn’t make seals-like sounds, and since whistling was next in my mental inventory of aquatic mammal sounds, I wagered that they could.
    Of course like everyone else I messed up on the polecat question. I expected that they wanted people to answer that they are different, and then pull out the ‘species vs subspecies’ card to correct us. It also turns out Wikipedia has suddenly decided to agree with the quiz-makers, as I could swear there was no “Mustela furo” article just a few months ago…
     
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    6/7 as well, I got the ferret one right but second-guessed the otter question.
     
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    Technically 6/7, but counted 5/7 because I thought it was talking about the entirety of Europe for a second, and I impulsively put "no", on the badger question.
    In my defense stoats and weasels both turn white for the winter so a misinterpreted on my part.
    I also consider Stoats the same thing as weasels. (Not that there the same species, but that it is a type of weasel)
     
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    6/7 which I’m quite pleased with.
     
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    6/7 because somehow I thought there are wolverine in UK. Shame on myself.
     
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    There are a few in the UK, but only in exhibits unless there are a few privates...!