P-O Naturally – Test your Knowledge!
With Lesley McLaren
This winter we’re taking another quizzical look over the year’s articles – with one or two extra questions thrown in! Have you been paying attention?
Will you be the POL teacher’s pet or rather the class clown? (Answers at the bottom of the page)
Good luck!
Answers
A : MAKE YOUR CHOICE
1.b) Le Canigonenc (blows from Mt. Canigou)
2.c) 20cm
3.a) Several weeks
4.d) 23°C
5.b) 57g
6.d) Both sexes usually die within a few weeks or months of breeding
7.c) More than 50%
B : TRUE OR FALSE
1. False (Many can hear, but their hearing mechanisms may not be on their heads)
2. True (Females make a sound like bathwater gurgling down the plughole!)
3. False (Depending on emission reduction it could increase by another 2 to7°C!)
4. False (They were introduced by the Moors in the Middle Ages)
5. True (Eyes of non-venomous snakes, like the Ladder snake, have round pupils)
6. True
C : DON’T YOU JUST KNOW
1. 2018 (Average 17°C)
2. Asian hornet has orange face and legs
3. La Méduse
4. Just the red squirrel (the shade of red varies, with some appearing almost black)