What is Street Creatures? This is the game I run on Twitter every Friday. I’ve
collected all the past quizzes here in one place so you can either relive them, or play
them for the first time.
How does it work? Provided are four, seemingly unrelated clues, that are all
connected by a wild organism that can be found in a city. Look at the four clues,
do some research, and when you think you’ve figured it out, click on ‘Answer’
to reveal what connects the clues, and how they are connected.
Follow me on Twitter to play #StreetCreatures live every Friday at 9am PST.
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Parthenogenesis
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Parthenogenesis
Radiation
Wheeled
Pseudocoelomate
Rotifer
Parthenogenesis:
Not only do rotifers reproduce by parthenogenesis, they ONLY reproduce in this asexual method. How do they stay genetically diverse? They steal genes from nearby organisms!
Radiation:
Tardigrades get all the attention, but rotifers have a lot of the same tricks and are even better at withstanding radiation. In fact, they’re THE MOST radiation-resistant animal in the world.
Wheeled:
Another name for rotifers are ‘wheel animals’, which comes from the Latin, ‘wheel-bearer’. This refers to the very cool cilia around their mouth which filters food in.
Pseudocoelomate:
Rotifers are pseudocoelomate animals, which means they have a fluid filled cavity between endoderm and the mesoderm. Nematodes are also Pseudocoelomates.
