P-O Naturally – Test your Knowledge!

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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!

A : MAKE YOUR CHOICE

1. What is the Roussillon name for the wind that blows from the West?

a) Latramuntana

b) LeCanigonenc

c) La marinade

d) Le vent dedalt

2. What length can a Megarian Banded Centipede grow to? 

a) 10cm

b) 15cm

c)  20cm

d)  25cm

3. What’s the average life expectancy of a butterfly? 

a) several weeks

b)severalyears 

c) 1 day

d) 3 months

4. The average temperature in February 2019 was:

a)    9°C

b)  14°C

c)  19°C

d)  23°C

5. What’s the average weight of a bee–eater? 

a) 23g

b) 57g

c) 65g

d) 72g

6. Why do most octopuses only live for a year or two? 

a)They have too many natural predators

b)They are prone to disease

c)Their ideal habitats are disappearing

d)They die after breeding

7. How many Pyrenean glaciers have disappeared between 1984 and 2016? 

a) None

b) Less than 50%

c) More than 50%

d) 100%

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B : TRUE OR FALSE

  1. Insects cannot hear 
  2. Only male cuckoos call “Cook-oo”.    
  3. Between now and 2100 the temperature of the Pyrenees massif could increase by another 1 to 2°C.    
  4. Genets have spread across the PO after escaping from zoos.  
  5. The eyes of poisonous snakes have vertical pupils.    
  6. At night, tawny owls sometimes catch small birds that are roosting in trees. 

C : DON'T YOU JUST KNOW IT

  1. Which is the hottest year ever recorded in the PO?  
  2. How does the Asian hornet differ most in appearance from the European hornet?  
  3. What is the French name for the Moon jellyfish?  
  4. What species of squirrel does the PO have?  

The Warblers

Lesley McLaren is one of “The Warblers”, a group of natural history enthusiasts based in the P-O.

For more blogs and photos, or if you’d like to contact them, visit www.mediterraneanpyrenees.com

You can also follow them on Twitter @66warblers

All photos by “The Warblers”, unless otherwise stated

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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) 

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