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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?
    Cobra
    Taipan
    Reticulated python
    Gaboon viper


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


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?
    There are less than 100 in the world so most people have never seen one
    It is completely aquatic and shaped like kelp
    It looks like a thread worm
    They come in a variety of color and designs


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


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


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


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?
    Lancehead
    Bushmaster
    Common Mussurana
    Banded krait


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


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Compiled Nov 10 12