LADY DEDLOCK'S CHRISTMAS QUIZ — ROUND 5

I think 10 is a 🦇 bat.

Pica pica is a magpie.
Martes martes is a pine marten
Vulpes vulpes must be a fox, hence vulpine

And there’s no justice in a world in which puffinus puffinus isn’t a puffin. It’s a shearwater.

All I know is pica pica is a magpie....I think

4 Puffin, 5 Wolf, 10 Bat.

Hopeless again, unless 10 is a bat. People think I am good at quizzes but Lady D has me beat.

I think Bufo bufo is a toad.

(3) Meles meles is a badger.

I know vulpes is a fox, pipistrell a bat, and guessed that martes is a pine marten.

I don’t even know what a shearwater is!

How on Earth are you going to score these LadyH?

FannyCornforth

(3) Meles meles is a badger.

I know vulpes is a fox, pipistrell a bat, and guessed that martes is a pine marten.

I don’t even know what a shearwater is!

How on Earth are you going to score these LadyH?

I'm not, Fanny Cornforth! It's not meant to be a competitive exercise. When the answers are revealed I hope all those who took part will get some kudos from what they worked out together.

Ah, okay! Thank you.
I’ve enjoyed your quizzes, so thank you again!

Thanks for setting them Lady but I feel very stupid! 🙃

My DH was a Latin teacher so I could ask him.

But from the French I would guess that

9. Anguilla Anguilla is an eel.

8. Pica pica is a magpie, I agree and am pretty sure about that.

The puffin one must be a puffin. Oh no, I see it isn't. So what's the Latin name for a puffin then?

Vulpes is a fox, I hope. And martes I would also guess is a marten.

For some reason, matrix matrix suggests a snake to me.

Natrix natrix I mean, of course.

The Latin name for a puffin is Fratercula.

Puffins that you see in the UK are Fratercula arctica

Baby puffins are called pufflings, delightfully.