Biology Quiz

Here goes;
The chameleon is often called a master of camouflage, if that's true then the common octopus would be the grandmaster.
What is it that the octopus has over the chameleon?

*bonus, if you get this one right, it overrules the previous question*
There is a subspecies of octopus which holds the highest position in a different kind of deception, as it is the only animal (except for humans) to utilize this kind of deception.
What kind of octopus and I refering to and what does it do? (hint; the name and action are almost the same)

 

Iam pretty sure it camplofages itself but I dont remember the name, dam discovery chanel!!!!!

 

If you mean it puts stuff on itself then your wrong, sorry.
Yes, octopuses sometimes cover themselves, but that is something a lot of octopus species do, and not exclusive to octopuses.

 

Moving camouflage?

 

Roel informed me that he was refering to the octopuses ability to change colours quickly, creating fastmoving patterns.
Indeed this is better then the chameleons slow colourchanging, therefore he gets it.
The answers I was looking for though;
The octopus can also change the texture of its skin, allowing it to blend in even more.
The specific species is shortly called "the mimic" as it has been seen pretending to be different lifeforms such as a lionfish, starfish, seasnake/eel, ray, flounder etc.
Not only does it mimic the shape it also mimics the behaviour, truly unique.

 

octopusses and squids are the smartest animals in the sea

 

What about dolphins?

 

What is the largest animal ever to be able to fly?

 

The aroductile?

 

Never heard of that one. Got any extra info on it? Maybe my quiz question was outdated again.

 

It was 1 of those dinosaurs, I dont know how to spell, Pterodactyl.

 

An elephant in a Jumbo Jet!

 

David I think he ment able to fly under its own power.

 

The pterodactyl was very small. Some of today's birds of prey are bigger than the pterodactyl.

David: no, the creature I'm looking for was quite a bit larger than an elephant (though it weighed a lot less, obviously).

 

Was it the giant Teratorn finds of Argentina?

 

the quetzalcualtus?
discovered in the big bend national park in texas
not sure of the right spelling, sorry

 

sounds a lot like that god of the mayans and aztecs. are we talking here about a feathered snake

 

Me262 has the right answer though, the Quetzalcoatlus with a wing span of 12 meters. It was named after the Maya god.

 

Really?
I thought that one was one of the first flying feathered creatures and only as small as a chicken.... curse my faulty memory.
As for the smartest sea creature; it's hard to measure intelligence.
Dolphins seem to have great communicating and social abilty's as where octopuses are (also thanks to their physical build) capable of solving complex problems.
The darn thing really is that dolphins are more faster to take a liking to humans and vice versa, causing more training and research with/on dolphins then octopus.
Squid (and sepia and other cephalopods), though not stupid for an invertebrae are considered quite less intelligent then octopus.

 

wrong, roel, it was named for the aztec god Quetzalcoatl, meaning serpiente emplumada or feathered snake,