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Fangs for the Memories

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Fangs for the Memories game quiz
"Snakes are a wonderful, adaptable, animal design. They can be found on all continents except Antarctica. Here are ten questions on some venomous snakes that you might want to avoid."

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1. Which of the following African snakes is usually credited with having the longest fangs in the serpent world?
    Gaboon viper
    Reticulated python
    Cobra
    Taipan


2. Found in southeastern areas of the USA, what is the more common name for the venomous pit viper "agkistrodon picivorus"?
    Sidewinder
    Water Moccasin
    Night adder
    Massasauga


3. What is the most common venomous snake in Europe?
    Common adder
    Death adder
    Puff adder
    Deaf adder


4. The black mamba is the longest snake in Africa and while imposing, it is only mildly toxic.
    True
    False


5. The eastern brown snake can be hard to identify for which of the following reasons?
    They come in a variety of color and designs
    It looks like a thread worm
    There are less than 100 in the world so most people have never seen one
    It is completely aquatic and shaped like kelp


6. In which of the following continents would I most likely be if I ran into a spitting cobra in the wild?
    Africa
    Europe
    Australia
    South America


7. Which of the following is a type of snake that appears on the unofficial flag of the Caribbean Island of Martinique?
    Joie de vivre
    Mal de mer
    N'est-ce pas
    Fer-de-lance


8. Many herpetologists claim that which south-east Asian snake kills more people every year than any other snake on the planet?
    Anaconda
    Puff Adder
    Coral snake
    Russel's viper


9. Which of these indigenous snakes should you never attempt to put into a wooden shipping box if you ran into one while visiting the bustling island of Hong Kong?
    Bushmaster
    Lancehead
    Banded krait
    Common Mussurana


10. Pythons, which kill by constricting their prey, have no teeth or fangs of any kind.
    True
    False


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Compiled May 18 13