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Quiz about Dr Doublemms Maternity Ward
Quiz about Dr Doublemms Maternity Ward

Dr. Doublemm's Maternity Ward Trivia Quiz


Dr. Doublemm is once again on duty in the Animal Hospital, and is about to meet some expectant parents. Has Dr. Doublemm bitten off more than he can chew? Take this quiz and find out.

A multiple-choice quiz by doublemm. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
doublemm
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
328,851
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
451
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 207 (6/10), Guest 24 (5/10), dmaxst (5/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. When quizzed by Dr. Doublemm as to where she's laid her many eggs, our first patient replies that she does not lay eggs, but rather gives birth to a larva which is half her own size!

Which insect is Dr. Doublemm dealing with?
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Question 2 of 10
2. Dr. Doublemm makes another faux pas, referring to his next patient as "madam". The insulted amphibian turns to the newly trained doctor and says, "Sir, just because I am carrying my eggs around my legs does not make me the female of the species."

Which animal is Dr. Doublemm attempting to deal with here?
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Question 3 of 10
3. As this next couple confidently strut into the office of Dr. Doublemm, it seems evident that they have everything sussed. They will build a mound into which her eggs will be laid, and he will use his beak as a thermometer, maintaining the mound's temperature at 33/34 degrees Celsius.

Which species of animal has Dr. Doublemm just met?
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Question 4 of 10
4. Dr. Doublemm is taken aback when his next patient, a type of fish, enters the room accompanied by a po-faced mussel. The reason for Dr. Doublemm's surprise is that this mussel is acting as the surrogate for this fish's young.

Which fish has been observed showing this unusual trait?
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Question 5 of 10
5. The last time Dr. Doublemm met this patient, she seemed very docile, but her temperament has now completely changed. Desperate to lay her eggs, she will physically fight a large spider, which will become the host for her parasitic baby.

Which animal is Dr. Doublemm dealing with?
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Question 6 of 10
6. As Dr. Doublemm converses with this next couple, he realises that it is the female that is doing all the talking. Joking that the male has a frog in his throat, Dr. Doublemm does not realise how right he is.

In which of these animal species is the male known to hold the young in their vocal pouch, where they will develop?
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Question 7 of 10
7. When Dr. Doublemm asks to see the egg of this next patient, he is met with, "No can do. I left it in the nest across the road."

Which of these birds is a brood parasite (i.e. lays its eggs in another bird's nest)?
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Question 8 of 10
8. Dr. Doublemm is impressed with his next patient, who not only remembered to bring her eggs, but is carrying them in a container she built herself.

Which of these animals secretes a white casing which acts as an egg container as well as a shell for the animal herself?
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Question 9 of 10
9. Dr. Doublemm's next patient, despite its name, is actually a crustacean, and is many times larger than she was before becoming pregnant. This animal holds so many young that the trauma of childbirth will most likely kill her.

Which animal is Dr. Doublemm dealing with?
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Question 10 of 10
10. Dr. Doublemm now comes face to face with an animal which hit the headlines in the early 21st century. The reason for this was the irrefutable evidence that this large creature was capable of parthenogenesis, or "virgin birth".

Which animal is the last visitor of Dr. Doublemm?
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. When quizzed by Dr. Doublemm as to where she's laid her many eggs, our first patient replies that she does not lay eggs, but rather gives birth to a larva which is half her own size! Which insect is Dr. Doublemm dealing with?

Answer: A tsetse fly

The tsetse fly young grows from a fertilised egg within the mother's body and will go through three larval stages here. The result is a relatively huge larva, which crawls away immediately after birth, ready to pupate. Keeping such a large larva within its body requires a lot of nutrients, and these are obtained by the mother by sucking blood.
2. Dr. Doublemm makes another faux pas, referring to his next patient as "madam". The insulted amphibian turns to the newly trained doctor and says, "Sir, just because I am carrying my eggs around my legs does not make me the female of the species." Which animal is Dr. Doublemm attempting to deal with here?

Answer: The midwife toad

The name of this amphibian may be misleading, as it is actually the male that carries the eggs around once they are fertilised. Whereas most frogs and toads lay huge numbers of eggs into pools of water, the midwife toad lays a smaller number of eggs, but the fact that they remain with the father until hatching gives them a far greater chance of survival.

One species of this toad, the Mallorcan midwife toad, was believed to be extinct until a population was found in 1980.
3. As this next couple confidently strut into the office of Dr. Doublemm, it seems evident that they have everything sussed. They will build a mound into which her eggs will be laid, and he will use his beak as a thermometer, maintaining the mound's temperature at 33/34 degrees Celsius. Which species of animal has Dr. Doublemm just met?

Answer: The malleefowl

These birds of Southern Australia are certainly dedicated parents, and the male is vigilant with his keeping of the mound. There is also a clear intelligent logic behind the mound's construction, as the leaves it contains will usually be put down after rainfall (when possible) so as to speed up the rate of decay. This decay, along with the warmth of the sun, is what heats the mound. The male will control the temperature of the mound by kicking sand onto/off it.

The eggs of the malleefowl are very large and the chicks, once hatched, are developed enough to dig their way out.
4. Dr. Doublemm is taken aback when his next patient, a type of fish, enters the room accompanied by a po-faced mussel. The reason for Dr. Doublemm's surprise is that this mussel is acting as the surrogate for this fish's young. Which fish has been observed showing this unusual trait?

Answer: The bitterling

The eggs are placed into the mussel using an ovipositor, which hangs from the underside of the female and which is almost the length of her entire body. The male will arrive shortly after and deposit his sperm into the same mussel.
5. The last time Dr. Doublemm met this patient, she seemed very docile, but her temperament has now completely changed. Desperate to lay her eggs, she will physically fight a large spider, which will become the host for her parasitic baby. Which animal is Dr. Doublemm dealing with?

Answer: The tarantula hawk wasp

The female tarantula hawk wasp can usually be seen eating nectar and fruit, but when it comes to laying her egg, she becomes a fearsome predator. The tarantula hawk is one of the largest wasps in the world and its sting one of the most painful. This terrific sting is put to use when tusseling with large tarantulas, which become paralysed and helpless as the parasitic wasp lays her egg.

The spider will then be buried alive.
6. As Dr. Doublemm converses with this next couple, he realises that it is the female that is doing all the talking. Joking that the male has a frog in his throat, Dr. Doublemm does not realise how right he is. In which of these animal species is the male known to hold the young in their vocal pouch, where they will develop?

Answer: The Darwin's frog

As an amphibian, the Darwin's frog faces the dilemma of what to do to prevent their young from drying out. Instead of laying large numbers of eggs into water, the female Darwin's frog lays just a few, which are fertilised and "swallowed" by the male after she leaves. Once the young are sufficiently developed, they enter the world via the father's mouth, giving us one of the oddest spectacles in the animal kingdom.
7. When Dr. Doublemm asks to see the egg of this next patient, he is met with, "No can do. I left it in the nest across the road." Which of these birds is a brood parasite (i.e. lays its eggs in another bird's nest)?

Answer: The cowbird

The cowbird, though unrelated to the cuckoo, shows exactly the same quality in its brood parasitism. These birds are generalists and will lay their eggs in the nests of several other species of birds. Some of these hosts are sharper than others and may notice the alien egg. If this does occur, the alien egg will be destroyed; though the cowbird may destroy the host bird's eggs in retaliation.
8. Dr. Doublemm is impressed with his next patient, who not only remembered to bring her eggs, but is carrying them in a container she built herself. Which of these animals secretes a white casing which acts as an egg container as well as a shell for the animal herself?

Answer: The paper nautilus

The paper nautilus' name is entirely down to the substance is secretes from its tentacles. The casing is "paper-thin" and forms a shell which gives this animal a nautilus-like appearance, though it is actually an octopus. The shell provides buoyancy, which means that the paper nautilus, unlike most other octopi, lives close to the surface of the water.

As a result, the egg cases are sometimes seen washing up on shores in astonishing numbers.
9. Dr. Doublemm's next patient, despite its name, is actually a crustacean, and is many times larger than she was before becoming pregnant. This animal holds so many young that the trauma of childbirth will most likely kill her. Which animal is Dr. Doublemm dealing with?

Answer: The sea louse

This tiny crustacean balloons out as her pregnancy progresses. The enormous number of young can be seen wriggling about within their mother through her translucent abdomen.
10. Dr. Doublemm now comes face to face with an animal which hit the headlines in the early 21st century. The reason for this was the irrefutable evidence that this large creature was capable of parthenogenesis, or "virgin birth". Which animal is the last visitor of Dr. Doublemm?

Answer: The Komodo dragon

The first documented example of parthenogenesis was seen in a London Zoo in 2005 and again in Chester Zoo in 2006. This had been observed in much smaller species of reptile, but never in one this size.

Interestingly, most of the young were male. This is possible as female Komodo dragons are able to provide either a Z (male) or W (female) chromosome to their offspring.
Source: Author doublemm

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