Salamanders quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   What popular, often brightly colored animal is a type of salamander?

   Answer: Newt

   Why: All newts belong to the salamander order, but they are distinguished by having rougher, less slippery skin during their land stages.

2. 2 Medium

   Which salamander can survive being frozen solid in Arctic permafrost?

   Answer: Siberian salamander

   Why: In trials, 80 percent of young salamanders revived after freezing at minus 55 degrees Celsius, protected by glycerol antifreeze.

3. 3 Hard

   Which body part links a salamander's inner ear to ground vibrations?

   Answer: Shoulder girdle

   Why: The opercularis muscle links the shoulder blade to the ear's operculum; newer work reads it as sensing head against body motion, not vibration climbing the legs.

4. 4 Easy

   Which sense organs stay undeveloped under the skin of cave-dwelling olms?

   Answer: Eyes

   Why: The olm's eyes stay buried under skin yet still sense light, and it hunts in total darkness by smell, vibration and weak electric fields.

5. 5 Medium

   Why is the Chinese giant salamander known locally as the baby fish?

   Answer: Its distress cry sounds like a crying human infant

   Why: Despite reaching lengths of over five feet, these enormous amphibians can produce high-pitched whining and barking sounds that resemble human babies.

6. 6 Hard

   How long can an adult cave-dwelling olm salamander survive without eating any food?

   Answer: 10 years

   Why: Olms accomplish this by drastically slowing their metabolism and reabsorbing their own unused tissues.