Think Like a Baya weaver

Question 1 · multiple choice

Where would the tracks of a wild Baya weaver most reasonably be found?

cool mountain forests with dense bamboo grasslands, farmland, scrub, and wetlands near palms or thorny trees marshes, riverbanks, flooded grasslands, and lakesides humid forest vegetation beside tropical streams

Question 2 · multiple choice

Which feeding clue would most strongly suggest that a Baya weaver had visited?

insects and other small animals ants and termites gathered with a long sticky tongue grass seeds, grain, and insects ants, termites, and other small invertebrates

Question 3 · multiple choice

If people want to avoid disturbing a Baya weaver, which activity pattern should they understand?

usually active from evening through night usually active by day workers forage day and night depending on temperature and humidity active by day

Question 4 · multiple choice

[Image needed: a clear, unlabeled side-view photograph of a Baya weaver moving naturally in its wild habitat, with its whole body visible and no captions.] How does a Baya weaver normally move when feeding or travelling?

flies between feeding areas and hangs acrobatically while building swims with webbed hind feet and steers using a flat tail climbs slowly with gripping feet and a coiling tail swims slowly using pectoral, dorsal, and anal fins for fine control

Question 5 · multiple choice

Which explanation correctly links a Baya weaver's body design to what it does?

fat stored in one hump supplies energy while variable body temperature saves water a strong conical bill knots and weaves strips of grass a prehensile tail anchors the body while camouflage hides it mantle tissues house algae that photosynthesise and share nutrients

Question 6 · multiple choice

Which observation would fit a Baya weaver raising or producing young?

long strings of eggs are laid in still or slow water females carry eggs beneath the abdomen until larvae hatch males construct hanging nests that females inspect before choosing gives birth to live young that ride on the mother’s back

Question 7 · multiple choice

A camera records several Baya weavers. Which group behaviour would be believable?

females are mostly solitary while brothers may form coalitions mostly solitary, communicating over distance with scent and bellows adults may gather at good basking and nesting sites breeds in colonies with many nests on one tree

Question 8 · multiple choice

How does a Baya weaver contribute to the wider community of living things?

eats weed seeds and insects in agricultural landscapes controls many insects and feeds birds, reptiles, and spiders abandoned burrows become shelters for many other animals turns soil and regulates ant and termite colonies

Question 9 · multiple choice

Which defence description belongs in a safety guide about a Baya weaver?

climbs trees when young and uses strong jaws if cornered places nests over water or thorny branches to reduce access by predators dives into water and gives alarm barks green camouflage and stillness hide it on leaves

Question 10 · true false

True or False: A baya weaver can accurately imitate chainsaws, camera shutters, and calls of many bird species.

True False