Quiz on wildlife, conservation etc.

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Wild Tech

3. 1. Identify XY ?

Built by Y, XY mounds are
amazing architectural
feats complete with
arches, tunnels, chimneys,
insulation and nursery
chambers.
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The mounds are aligned
north to south to minimise
the exposure to the sun.
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4. Magnetic Termite Mounds
in Litchfield National Park, Australia
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The orientation of the nest is north-south which points like a compass
needle. Hence the common name – magnetic termite.
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5. 2. FITB
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The world's largest _______
Dam (about 850 metres) was
discovered in Wood Buffalo
National Park in Northern
Alberta, Canada using satellite
imagery in 2007 .
This woodland construction was
more than twice the length of
the Hoover dam and can be
seen from space
Cont…

6. Construction
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Clue…

7. Clue
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8. Beaver Dam

They build dams, as protection
against predators such as coyotes,
wolves, and bears, and to provide
easy access to food during winter.

It’s the only animal which builds
dam.
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9. 3. Identify this ground squirrel ?
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This North American rodents lives in larger
communities called towns.

Their burrows have defined nurseries, sleeping
quarters, and even toilets. They also feature
listening posts near exits, so animals can safely
keep tabs on the movements of predators outside.
Chambers located at different depths in the soil
serve different purposes.

The nursery, for example, is located deep in the
soil where the temperature is more stable and
young ones are better protected from predators.

The largest recorded town in Texas, covered
65,000 KM² and was home to an estimated 400
million of them.
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10. Prairie Dog
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11. 4. What is the purpose of Pit’s in Pit
Vipers ?
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12. Infrared sensing organ (Heat
Sensors)

Pit Viper, a poisonous snake with a deep pit on each side of the
head, between the eye and the nostril. The pits are sensitive to heat
and help the snake find warm-blooded prey, such as birds and
rodents.
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Conservationists

14. 5. Identify the narrator and the
animal being described ?
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15. David Attenborough & Platypus
Duck - bill and webbed feet
Beaver - tail
Otter
- body and fur
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16. 6. Identify the X ?


Dr. Birutė Mary Galdikas (born in 1946), is
a primatologist, conservationist, ethologist, and author of
several books relating to the endangered X.
For almost four decades she has studied and worked
closely with the X of Indonesian Borneo in their natural
habitat, and is today the world’s foremost authority on the X.

She stars in the IMAX feature documentary Born to Be Wild
3D, released in April 2011 and narrated by Morgan Freeman.

The name “X” literally translates into English as “man of the
forest”.
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17. Orangutan
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18. 7. Identify the British Primatologist ?
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Considered to be the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, she is
best known for her 45-year study of social and family interactions of
wild chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania.

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What is the name of the primatologist and ethologist best known for
her 45-year study of chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park,
Tanzania ?
Clue…

19. Clue
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20. Jane Goodall
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21. 8. True life story of ?

She is an American zoologist who
undertook an extensive study of gorilla
groups over a period of 18 years.

She studied the endangered gorillas of the
Rwandan mountain forest for two decades
before her unsolved murder occurred in
1985, at Volcanoes National Park in
Rwanda.
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She told her story in the book ‘Gorillas in the
Mist’ (1983), which was later adapted for a
film.
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22. Dian Fossey
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23. 9. Connect
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24. Leakey’s Angels

Leakey's Angels is a relatively recent name given to three women sent by
archaeologist Louis Leakey to study primates in their natural environments.
1)
Birutė Galdikas - Orangutans
2)
Jane Goodall
- Chimpanzees
3)
Dian Fossey
- Gorillas
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25. 10. Identify the Person ?

One of the world's most distinguished scientists, X is
a professor and honorary curator in entomology at
Harvard. He is the father of socio-biology and his
biological specialty is myrmecology, the study
of ants, on which he is considered to be the
world's leading authority.

X’s 2007 TED Prize speech was the catalyst for
the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL). Its an online
species database which went live in February
2008.
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26. Dr. E. O. Wilson
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27. 11. Identify X and Y ?

X is a village located in the Shimoga district in the state
of Karnataka. It is among the places in India that receive
very heavy rainfall earning it the sobriquet, "Cherrapunji
of the South".

X Rainforest Research Station was founded in 2005, by
leading Indian herpetologist Y. Y saw his very first king
cobra here in 1971.
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Its the only permanent rainforest research station in India
and Y calls this place capital of King Cobra.
Clue…

28. Clue
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29. Agumbe Rainforest Research
Station & Romulus Whitaker
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30. 12. Identify the bird ? (Video)
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Clue…

31. Clue
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32. Lyrebird
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33. 33
Written Round

34. 34
Know the Difference

35. 13. Identify
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35
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36. 14. Id the cats ?
1
2
36
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37. 15. What is being characterised?
European Version
Asian/Chinese Version
Evil
Benevolent, Sacred, Luck
Wings
Wingless
Lizard like or Feline like
Serpentine
No whiskers
Whiskers
Fire
No Fire
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38. 16. Identify the two group of monkeys ?
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Movies

40. 17. Identify the character from the
below movie quote ?
“ I'd like to share a revelation that I've had during my time here, it
came to me when I tried to classify your species and l realized that
you're not actually mammals.
Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops an equilibrium with
the surrounding environment. But you humans do not. You move to an
area and you multiply and multiply until every natural resource is
consumed. The only way you can survive is to spread to another area.
There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern.
Do you know what it is?
A virus.
Human beings are a disease. A cancer of this planet.
You are a plague. And we are the cure.”
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41. 18. Identify Film Label and Day ?
2009
2010
41
2011
Cont…

42. 42
2012
2014

43. 19. Identify the movie ?
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44. 20. Which dog breed ?

Scooby-Doo, the famous Hanna-Barbera character, was based on
which dog breed ?
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45. 21. Which movie ?

Was made by Filmmaker Yann Arthus-Bertrand
who worked for free for 3 years to make the film

Was first released on June 5th, 2009
simultaneously via cinemas, DVD, Internet & TV

Was shot entirely from the air, filmed in 120
locations in over 50 countries

Was shown on gigantic screens in front of the
Eiffel Tower to a crowd of 50,000+

Was shown during the Bonjour India Festival in
Mumbai, intro by Shahrukh Khan
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46. 22. Connect
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47. 47
Answers

48. 13. Identify
1
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49. 13.
1
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2

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51. 14. Id the cats ?
1
2
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53. 14
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54. 15. What is being characterised?
European Version
Asian/Chinese Version
Evil
Benevolent, Sacred, Luck
Wings
Wingless
Lizard like or Feline like
Serpentine
No whiskers
Whiskers
Fire
No Fire
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55. 15. Dragons
European
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Chinese / Oriental

56. 16. Identify the two group of monkeys ?
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57. 16. New & Old World Monkeys
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58. 17. Identify the character from the
below movie quote ?
“ I'd like to share a revelation that I've had during my time here, it
came to me when I tried to classify your species and l realized that
you're not actually mammals.
Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops an equilibrium with
the surrounding environment. But you humans do not. You move to an
area and you multiply and multiply until every natural resource is
consumed. The only way you can survive is to spread to another area.
There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern.
Do you know what it is?
A virus.
Human beings are a disease. A cancer of this planet.
You are a plague. And we are the cure.”
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59. 17. Agent Smith
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60. 18. Identify Film Label and Day ?
2009
2010
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2011
Cont…

61. 61
2012
2014

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18. Disneynature & Earth Day (22nd April)
• Disneynature is an independent film label of The Walt Disney Company, founded on April 21,
2008 as a division of the Walt Disney Studios.
• Headquartered in Paris, France, it is the only Disney subsidiary headquartered outside the
United States

63. 19. Identify the movie ?
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64. 19. Madagascar
1. King Julien XIII
- Ring Tailed Lemur
2. Maurice
- Aye-Aye
3. Mort
- Mouse lemur
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65. 20. Which dog breed ?

Scooby-Doo, the famous Hanna-Barbera character, was based on
which dog breed ?
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66. 20. Great Dane
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67. 21. Which movie ?

Was made by Filmmaker Yann Arthus-Bertrand
who worked for free for 3 years to make the film

Was first released on June 5th, 2009
simultaneously via cinemas, DVD, Internet & TV

Was shot entirely from the air, filmed in 120
locations in over 50 countries

Was shown on gigantic screens in front of the
Eiffel Tower to a crowd of 50,000+

Was shown during the Bonjour India Festival in
Mumbai, intro by Shahrukh Khan
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68. 21. HOME
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69. 22. Connect
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70. 22. Furious Five – Kung Fu Panda
1.
Monkey
- Gee's Golden Langur
2.
Crane
- Black-necked Crane
3.
Viper
- Green Tree Viper
4.
Tigress
- South China Tiger
5.
Mantis
- Chinese Mantis
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71. 23. Identify the place ?
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72. Valley of Flowers
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73. 24. Identify the Tribe
This countries flag consists of colour black symbolising
black majority, red for the bloodshed during the fight for
freedom and green for Land; the white fimbriation was
added later and symbolizes peace and honesty. The
black, red, and white traditional _______ shield and
two spears symbolize the defence of all the things
mentioned above.
The _______ could be the most known tribe outside that
country especially for tourists, since we have a famous
National Reserve in the same name in that country.
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74. Kenya & Maasai
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75. 25. Which Country’s National
Flowers ?
1. National flower - Jasminum sambac
2. Flower of charm - Moon Orchid
3. Rare flower - Rafflesia arnoldii
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All three were chosen on World Environment
Day (5th June) in 1990.
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76. Indonesia
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77. 26. Identify this Hummingbird?
(video)
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Those feathers grow up to six inches long, which is three or four times the
bird’s body length, and each of them ends in a large violet-blue disc; the
racket-shaped ‘spatules’ that give the bird its name and which can each
be moved independently of the other.

78. Marvellous Spatuletail
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79. 27. Shadow of Death
Even though their scales are grey/brown in
colour why its called Black Mamba ?
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80. Named after their mouth colour
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They get their name from the black of the inside of their mouths,
which they display when threatened.
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81. 28. Funda ?
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82. Atmospheric CO2 Concentrations
Surpass 400 PPM Milestone
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For the first time in human history, the concentration of carbon
dioxide in the atmosphere has reached 400 parts per million (ppm).
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83. 29. Identify the Country ?
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Video
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84. Mexico
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85. 30. Identify the ‘Living Fossil’ ?
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Fossils show that the X dates back to around 450 million years ago
and has changed very little over the last 250 million years.

Its blood is a distinctive blue colour thanks to the fact that it contains
Y-rich haemocyanin as opposed to iron-rich haemoglobin.

A protein in the blood called Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL) is
used by pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers to test
their products for the presence of endotoxins, bacterial substances
that can cause fevers and even be fatal to humans.
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The LAL test is one of the most important medical products derived
from a marine organism to benefit humans.
Pic…

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87. Horseshoe crab, Copper

Despite their common name, horseshoe crabs are not crabs but
are related to arachnids and are the closest living relatives of the
now extinct trilobites
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88. 31. Which term ?

_________ is the ecological state of being unique to a defined
geographic location, such as an island, nation or other defined
zone, or habitat type.

These species are especially likely to develop on biologically
isolated areas such as islands because of their geographical
isolation.

They can easily become endangered or extinct if their restricted
habitat changes, particularly but not only due to human actions,
including the introduction of new organisms.
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89. Endemism / Endemic
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90. 32. X and Funda ?
Dodo
: Mauritius
Elephant bird : Madagascar
Moa
: X
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91. New Zealand
Flightless extinct birds
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92. 33. Name this Pinta Island giant
tortoise?
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93. Lonesome George
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94. 34. Chytrid fungus is a threat to
which class of animals ?

Chytridiomycosis is an infectious
disease of X, caused by the chytrid
(Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis), a
fungus which is found only in water or
moist environments.

Although habitat loss clearly poses
the greatest threat to X, this newly
recognized fungal disease is seriously
affecting an increasing number of
species around the world.
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95. Amphibian
Today, a major threat to frogs is the chytrid fungus.

One in three of the world's amphibians are on the International Union
for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) red list of endangered species.
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96. 35. Identify this worlds rarest cat ?
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It’s the world's most endangered
feline species. There are real fears
that it may soon become the first cat
species to become extinct for at least
2,000 years.

No feline species has gone extinct
since the saber toothed cat
(Smilodon) perished 11,000 years ago.
1980
2003
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97. Iberian lynx
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Only some 225 of them in the wild.
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98. 36. Which Indian Bird ?

With less than 200 left, this magnificent bird can be the first mega
species to go extinct in India since the cheetah.

One of the largest flying bird species found in the world today.
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This Critically Endangered terrestrial bird was once widespread
across the grasslands of India and Pakistan, but today is confined to
small fragmented patches within India.
Pic…

99. clue
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100. Great Indian Bustard
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101. 37. Complete the List
1. Mudumalai
2. Kalakkad Mundanthurai
3. Anamalai
4. _______________
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102. Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve

These are 4 Tiger Reserves in Tamilnadu.

The Indian government declared the forests
of Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary a
Tiger Reserve on March 15, 2013.
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An estimated 25 tigers live here.
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103. 38. What’s unique about this format
?

WWF is a modification of the open
standard PDF format for document
exchange endorsed by the World Wide Fund
for Nature.

The WWF format is promoted as being more
environmentally friendly than other
comparable document exchange formats.
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104. A PDF that cannot be printed out
SAVE AS WWF, SAVE A TREE
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105. 39. Identify the program ?
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106. Apps for Apes
The non-profit Orangutan Outreach
is collecting donated iPads for its
new Apps for Apes program.
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107. 40. What is being shown here ?
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108. Asiatic Lion Reintroduction Project

The last wild population of the Asiatic Lion is found in the Gir
Forest region of the state of Gujarat. The single population faces the
threats of epidemics, natural disasters and other anthropogenic
factors.

The project aims to establish a second independent population
of Asiatic Lions at the Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary in the Indian state
of Madhya Pradesh.

Judgement was delivered on 16 April 2013, permitting the
reintroduction of lions to Kuno over-ruling the objections of the
Gujarat Government.
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109. 41. Agreement to protect which
animal ?

The International Agreement on the Conservation of _____ was
signed in Oslo, November 15, 1973 by the five nations consisting of
Canada, Denmark (Greenland), Norway, the United States, and the
former U.S.S.R

Its scientific name is ‘Ursus maritimus’.
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110. Polar Bear

Mainly found within the Arctic Circle in
the below countries,
1. Denmark (Greenland)
2. Norway (Svalbard)
3. Russia
4. United States
5. Canada

The main threat to polar bear
populations is malnutrition or starvation
due to habitat loss, which is caused by
global warming and the resulting
reduction of the sea ice cover.
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111. 42. A tale of two tiger reserves

X and Y are India’s big cat experiment labs as both lost them due to
poaching and the government re-introduced tigers from similar
landscape to create a new pool.
Tiger Reserves
X
Y
State
Madhya Pradesh
Rajasthan
Extinct
Feb 2009
2004-05
Reintroduction
March 2009
2008
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112. Panna (MP) & Sariska(RJ)
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113. 43. Identify this world's most
abundant wild bird ? (video)
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114. Red-billed Quelea
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Ad Zone

116. 44.
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117. Bluefin Tuna
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118. 45. Ad by ?
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120. Greenpeace
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121. 46.
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122. Natural Resources Defense Council
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