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Extinction?
There is an animal that could become extinct tomorrow, but next year there could be thousands or even millions of them. Can you name the animal?
Note: no cloning is involved.
Note: no cloning is involved.
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I backed one last Saturday.Answer
Mules. Because a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey, all of the mules on the planet could die tomorrow but could eventually thrive again if proper breeding takes place.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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I like that....I think that I could of got it if I would of took a couple more minutes to think about it.
Oct 15, 2002
If there were a global catastrophe, all species could be extinct within a year.
just a note, it could be a lot of animals that are made when two animals, such as a horse and cow, mate and make a different third animal. take the tiger muskey for example.
but I still say that it is a good teaser.
not bad. weird but not bad.
I thought of mosquito but then mosquito is not an animal
good
good
Although it had more than one answer and isn't exactly a teaser (more of just a fact), it is good. Oh, and a mosquito isn't the answer, but it is technically an animal.
how do you figure that a mosquito is 'technically' an animal?
First off, I thought of a starfish. They will reproduce through regeneration so if you took one and chopped it into it's subsequent arms they would all grow into full mature starfish.
As for mosquitos--They are class insecta which are members of Phylum Arthoropoda which is a further subdivision of Kingdom Anamalia. No doubt about it, mosquitos are animals just as all insects are. In fact, they make up the largest number of animals.
One last question--im_para_noid. What the hell would you get if you mated a cow and a horse. You must live on a very interesting farm.
As for mosquitos--They are class insecta which are members of Phylum Arthoropoda which is a further subdivision of Kingdom Anamalia. No doubt about it, mosquitos are animals just as all insects are. In fact, they make up the largest number of animals.
One last question--im_para_noid. What the hell would you get if you mated a cow and a horse. You must live on a very interesting farm.
a mosquito is an animal because it is part of the animalia kingdom. it's not technically an animal, it is an animal.
I don't think starfish works, meaix, because in your scenario they are not "extinct", they are just "in pieces". And I, too will jump on the bandwagon and reiterate that mosquitos are of course animals.
There may be a science experiment on how to create mosquios, and if all the mosquitos were extinct tomorrow, and then the next day the experiment was successful, and they created a mosquito which bred to creature hundreds...thousands...millions...
(This could be any animal)
(This could be any animal)
What about maggots?
there could be lots of other animals
ummmmm. guys you can't mate a cow and a horse. It wouldn't work.
Good teaser, many answers as some have said, but still good, mule is probably the most common. And as for the mosquitos becoming extinct, what would make anyone want to bring them back?
lol to mating a cow and a horse. cross breed may not mean a cow mating a horse. its like taking the genes and breeding genetically? i tot of a single-celled asexual organism like amoeba or something and reproduce it self the next day?
I was thinking of something along the lines of:
Chickens. If they go extinct, the eggs could still hatch. (Or any egg laying creature.)
Anything that Metamorphs. (All butterflies die, and caterpillers change into them afterwards).
Or something that can survive suspended animation -- like larva of insects. (Freeze something like a helgamite, and it'll live for years before it finally thaws out and becomes a Dolbus Fly.)
Perhaps even something like a locust? They die out here, and don't come back for 17 years....
Lots of answers on this one I think.
Chickens. If they go extinct, the eggs could still hatch. (Or any egg laying creature.)
Anything that Metamorphs. (All butterflies die, and caterpillers change into them afterwards).
Or something that can survive suspended animation -- like larva of insects. (Freeze something like a helgamite, and it'll live for years before it finally thaws out and becomes a Dolbus Fly.)
Perhaps even something like a locust? They die out here, and don't come back for 17 years....
Lots of answers on this one I think.
it could basically be any hybrid. like a liger or tigon (or mule). lots of things...
It could also be a hinny. But, mule is probably the most common hybrid. Great teaser!
any cross-breed would work.
WHy is it called a mule anyway?
WHy is it called a mule anyway?
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