[Zoo]

Nope. Ligers would be pretty rare if they were naturally occuring, since the range of the tiger and the lion don't overlap much, if at all, anymore. And most, if not all, ligers (and tigons, jaglions, etc.) are born in captivity, since that's where two different cat species would have the chance (particularly those cats on continents entirely separated from each other). And white tigers are a color variety of whichever tiger subspecies they belong to, like a white bengal.

Hints: It is a subspecies, and there are less than 25 left in the wild. There are maybe 100 or so in zoos.

[Neraphym]

Andean cat?

[skenasis]

That would be the Amur Leopard. Absolutely beautiful creatures.

...Or are you thinking of the Clouded Leopard?

Both are at extreme risk of extinction, but last I heard, the Amur was the rarer breed.

And then again, if you're including mutations as well, then you could also possibly be thinking of the King Cheetah. So....yeah. Go figure, I like kitty cats

[Zoo]

You got it Ashes, the Amur leopard. Beautiful cat (my favorite animal at my zoo, particularly the female, she's more delicate, makes her prettier than him), but they're essentially gone . I didn't go with mutations because 1) I don't know numbers of those , and 2) mutations still belong to the same species, thus they're not different (for this question).

[skenasis]

All righty. Since biology is my favourite science, I'll have to go with a biology question. It doesn't need a fancy explanation for the answer, just a simple what does it (more than one word, if you please ) or how it happens.

Why do plants bend towards sunlight?

[Zoo]

To increase the leaf surface area exposed to the sun. (Although your why seems to mean how , in which case the sun triggers the production of a chemical, more in the side toward the light, that tells the stem to grow more cells on the opposite side so it bends toward the light.)

[skenasis]

Uh....yes and no. One part of your answer is right, the other is wrong. Although since I specifically asked 'why', I'll give it to you.

The correct answer is that yes, they bend towards light to increase exposed surface area. How they do so, I shall now explain:

Sunlight induces a hormonal response. That is, hormones already existing within the plant migrate to the shaded side. This particular hormone causes cells to elongate (not create new ones). As a result, the longer cells cause the plant to bend in the direction of the sunlight.

Anyway, over to Zoo.

[Zoo]

Ahh. Shows me for trying to remember that off the top of my head.


What is a sanguinivore? Give an example.

[Neraphym]

Off the top of my head, an animal that drinks blood. A bat or mosquito would be sanguinivores.

[Zoo]

Yep. Your turn .

[Neraphym]

Why is mass irrelivant to the speed at which an object falls? (Ignoring air resistance, of course)

[Zziggywolf5]

Why is mass irrelivant to the speed at which an object falls? (Ignoring air resistance, of course)

Uh. Because gravity pulls at a constant rate? Or is it because of terminal velocity?

[Neraphym]

Gravity does pull at a constant rate, but why? Also, terminal velocity is dictated by air resistance, I believe.

[Jake]

Inertia

[Neraphym]

Nope