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- You have until the due date and time (central time) to submit answers to the current challenge.
- One answer per partnership may be submitted.
- At least one correct answer by the due date is necessary for the entire group to receive the challenge's clue.
- You may interact with the enviornment in any way you like. You may also speak to as many people in the environment as you want. Chat, ask them questions, etc. Once you post your end of the conversation, I'll submit their responses to you.
- If a partnership is eliminated, any answer they submit will not be considered.
Good luck.
submitted by Ruby M.
(June 2, 2016 - 11:14 pm)
(June 2, 2016 - 11:14 pm)
I probably missed the deadline. Again. But I was at Swim practice all morning...
There once was a gumdrop named Ice
Who's coating was all very nice
he glimmered and glowed
and shimmered and showed
until it was eaten by lice.
What? It was supposed to be silly.
(June 20, 2016 - 9:00 am)
--Challenge #7--
-Environment-
You wake up in the high grass of a field. Sitting up, you find yourself and the rest of the CBers on the fielded hill of the farm with the goats, sheep, and the little girl Mikayla.
Mikayla's mother and a man you haven't met whom you presume is her father and speaking with Tom and Delia who are attending to a goat. Delia's wearing plain clothes (jeans and an old T-shirt), but she has a stethascope and is listening to the hearbeat of the goat. Tom is rubbing her, gently, as he holds her. The goat seems a little nervous, but not too upset.
-Due Date-
Eh. Sometime on Friday morning.
-Prompt-
An organism (A) can move on its volition by walking on four flat, five-digited feet. Inside its mouth are several sharp canines, flat carnissials, and some molars. Organism A is primarily terrestrial but can enter water and often does in order to feed. A has poor eyesight, but a powerful sense of smell and hearing. It does not have any other senses besides touch, taste, and the ones mentioned above. The creature bears live young about every three years, in batches of 2-3. A has no natural predators and its biggest threats are humans and human activities. The closest living relative to organism A is a family that contains seals, walruses, and elephant seals. Organism A is alive today.
-Answer-
Classify Organism A according to taxonomic rank. Go ahead and use the computer and Google and each other, like always. Include Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, and Family. You don't need genus and species, but if you want to guess those two, be my guest. If you get it right, I'll come up with an extra prize for you.
(June 20, 2016 - 9:01 am)
I posted a poem at 10:00 this morning, but it says that the last post was posted a few minutes before mine. So I don't think it got through...
There once was a gumdrop named Ice
Who's coating was all very nice
it glimmered and glowed
and shimmered and showed
until it was eaten by lice.
(June 20, 2016 - 11:16 am)
Time is messing with me.
(June 20, 2016 - 12:35 pm)
It's because I posted two posts. But hey, 10:00 is morning. Rose bud and Bluebird have a correct answer!
(June 22, 2016 - 12:31 am)
If you have a conclusion, you need to test it. Your final answer comes in the form of you leaving the town. If you are in a doll's town,then leave it.
Ruby, can you elaborate on that?
(June 20, 2016 - 5:09 pm)
Future clues will explain this in more detail.
(June 22, 2016 - 12:34 am)
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, and Family
Answer: Eukarya, Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Carnivora, Phocidae.
In other words, multicellular creatures, animals, vertebrates (with exceptions), mammals, carnivores, true seals (without ears and with five-digited limbs).
Cho, feel free to edit answer.
As far as genus/species, our choices are the following:
Genus Cystophora
Genus Erignathus
Genus Halichoerus
Genus Hydrurga
Genus Leptonychotes
Genus Lobodon
Genus Mirounga
Genus Monachus
Genus Ommatophoca
Genus Phoca
I can't say I can name any of the characteristics of these off the top of my head, so I'll do a bit more research.
(June 21, 2016 - 12:22 am)
Oh wow. Sorry that I haven't been helping at all, Rose bud, but I've been really busy this past week and might not be able to help very much on this.
(June 21, 2016 - 8:37 pm)
Because I feel like helping you guys out...
Your classification is incorrect. Seals don't walk on their feet, while organism A most certainl does.
(June 23, 2016 - 8:50 am)
"@Mei-xue: If you have a conclusion, you need to test it. Your final answer comes in the form of you leaving the town. If you are in a doll's town,then leave it. " --Ruby
Can you elaborate on that?
(June 22, 2016 - 2:15 pm)
No, further clues are.
(June 22, 2016 - 11:06 pm)
I kneel down on the grass next to Tom and Delia. "Is there anything I can do to help out? What's the problem?" I study the goat, wondering exactly why we -- and they -- are here.
(June 22, 2016 - 11:26 pm)
Delia smiles and says, "Hi. I've seen you before, haven't I? This is Nana and she's got a stomachache, so we're here to make sure everything's okay."
"Are you vetrinarians?" you ask.
"That's right," she says. "Both Tom and I are. That's how we met. Oh, have we introduced ourselves? I'm Delia, and this is Tom."
"Air and Cho Chang," you say. "I knew your name from the others."
"What others?" Tom asks in confusion.
It seems that they have absolutely no knowledge of any of the other CBers but you and your partner.
"Can I help out?" you ask.
"Thanks, but we're doing okay," Tom says.
(June 23, 2016 - 8:53 am)
Ruby - if partnerships aren't eliminated by getting incorrect answers, or by failing to answer at all, how are they eliminated exactly? Or is that something we're not supposed to know?
(June 23, 2016 - 6:24 am)