That's my thought. If you were looking for a 20th question, why not go more modern: 'The culling of which animal is the subject of controversy for its alleged spreading of TB to cattle?' (Answer: Badger)
It should probably be "The two animals alleged to have spread the Black Death". I've seen reports that it was gerbils, not rats, that spread the Black Death.
Surely, whether it's rate or gerbils, they only carry the things that carry the disease? Namely, the fleas themselves? Or did I miss something at school?
But the fleas themselves are also just carriers of the bacterium Yersinia pestis no? Surely the commonest denominator in a human plague is, well, humans themselves!
While some do consider gerbils to have been responsible for bringing the plague to Europe, it seems vastly unlikely that they would have been responsible for such widespread and rapid outbreaks in Britain, an island with no native gerbils.
Must be one of those people that think only mammals are animals. I have seen it so often in this site. Otherwise I have no idea what they think it could be
"By law, any of these birds found on open water belong to the queen" Not strictly true, it's not any swan that belongs to the Queen. We have three species of swans in the UK, and only one of them belongs to the Queen: Mute Swans. Whooper and Bewick Swans are not covered by that particular law.
Agreed, it's only the Mute Swan that is considered property of the Crown -- yet mute swan is not even accepted as a type-in. (I do agree that swan should be accepted as a type-in though). Please fix this, and I suggest that the answer display as mute swan, not swan. Cheers. (For the record, I personally think swans, including mute swans, belong only to themselves.)
I still find it cool that the animals we have as our symbols are all top of the range in their respective fields. Lion is considered one of the top predators, Unicorn is basically a super horse and I think Dragons speak for themselves.
Well ofcourse they or going to pick the weakest and most drab and pathetic animals. ( though I think most if not all are interesting in their own right. but interesting, or even awesome, does not equal cool)
I don't know... it sort of sounds nice in theory, but I suppose it means almost for a certainty that some hiker at some point is going to get killed who wouldn't have been otherwise - that's one of the main reasons why they got rid of them in the first place.
I believe the plans for Wolves have been stopped due to the lack of wild prey available to them, with fears they would end up hunting farm livestock instead.
However the plans for the reintroduction of the Lynx is more viable due to them needing less to eat and less likely to take on livestock.
I consider this comment to be nitpicking based on your incorrect understanding of the meaning of the word "considered", even though that's objectively true as well.
Something being considered a thing doesn't preclude the factuality of that thing.
A bit nitpicky perhaps but just to point out, The Hunting Act 2004 didn't ban foxhunting exactly, it banned hunting with dogs. It is still legal to hunt foxes in the UK as long as the fox is shot and is not killed by dogs (you can even still use dogs to flush the fox out as long as they are called off before the kill).
I did enjoy the quiz. It puts an interesting spin or accent on history.
♬ ♪ Brave, Brave, Brave, Brave Sir Robin ♪ ♫
And gallantly he chickened out.
Good quiz though.
However the plans for the reintroduction of the Lynx is more viable due to them needing less to eat and less likely to take on livestock.
Something being considered a thing doesn't preclude the factuality of that thing.