I spent way too long on this quiz. I'm reasonably satisfied with its accuracy but there are probably some errors. Please let me know if there are any animals I forgot!
How about: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_anaconda -- wikipedia says it can typically reach over 100 pounds. It is native and.. I don't think it's aquatic?
The Anaconda mostly live in marshy zones, it's a borderline case. On the other hand, I think that boa constrictors can reach the 100lb limit, and they are not aquatic.
I enjoyed the quiz quite a lot, but I was wondering if you could add white-tailed deer as a type-in. To my knowledge the white-tailed deer is what is commonly known as just "deer." Since you accept the generic term could you also please accept the real name? If I am wrong about this somebody please correct me though, as I hate spreading misinformation! And again, as I said before, I really enjoyed the quiz!
I'm not sure why the quizmaster asked for a generic term for the whole cervidae category. But I definitely think 'white-tailed deer' should be included as its own answer; they get heavy enough.
The wild horses currently in the Americas were introduced during the era of European colonization. Horses were once native, although they are believed to have died out during the Pleistocene - about 10 to 15 thousand years ago.
There is an irritating confusion between the two, which leads to wrong translations in French, for example (it's one of my pet peeves, I hate it when a "cerf" is called "élan" :p).
The Horse and the Camel were originally from North America and spread throughout the northern hemisphere via the land bridge to Asia before dying out. The camel varieties spread through South America (LLama & Co.)
Was wondering about them, too. Maybe they count as primarily aquatic same as the anaconda? I would have included both. Or maybe they were brought over from Africa or something like this. I'm not familiar with the history of the species.
Giant Anteater should definitely be here...according to NatGeo and most other sources it can reach above 100 even up to 140 lb... http://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/g/giant-anteater/
I almost missed the joke: I thought the MIL was being pinged for weight before I realised Don didn't qualify her as human either. Which means he has an exotic wife.
Please add the kilogram parameters (100lbs = 45kg). That will save non-US quiz takers from having to look up how much 100 lbs is before they begin your quiz, like I did. Great quiz otherwise, cheers.
I tried guessing that just in case, but according to wikipedia "a full-grown adult usually weighs about 20 to 40 kg (44 to 88 lb)", so they would not make the cut.
If this "includes domestic animals that were native to the Americas," shouldn't the horse be included? I know they became extinct in the Americas at the end of the Pleistocene, but the species lived on in Europe and Asia only to be re-introduced.
How about the jackalope? According to Wikipedia, "The adults grow to about 3 feet (1 m) tall, weigh up to 150 pounds (68 kg), and can run at sustained speeds approaching 60 miles per hour (97 km/h)."
Spending 8 years in Central and South America made those "weirdos" like capybara, tapir, vicuna, easy! I once had a tapir step on my foot. Ouch! (Don't ask!) The fur of the delicate vicuna is incredibly soft and very expensive. When I was in Peru, it was illegal to sell vicuna skins. On the sly, a shopkeeper offered me some, but I turned him down.
I had to look it up, turns out that the Kodiak bear, and wood bison/plains bison are subspecies, so I can't fault you for not including them.
Very nice quiz by the way, would be intersting the european, african asian and oceanian version, maybe more difficult to define.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_armadillo
I imagine my dog wouldn't be chasing those, unlike their Texas cousins.
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