WIS2552 Exercise 3 Guaranteed Success

WIS2552 Exercise 3 Guaranteed Success Scientists conducted domestication experiments on Paca in ____. ️Panama It is legal to hunt alligators in Florida. ️True Some Venezuelan ranch owners are more inclined to protect wetlands because they support capybara. ️True One ton of rabbits can be produced in ____. ️3 months Frugivores like the ____ are popular as wild game but difficult and expensive to farm. ️Paca Tropical forests are about ____ as productive as savannahs. ️1/10 The ____ is the most valuable part of a capybara carcass. ️skin The reproductive efficiency of capybara is ____ that of cattle. ️six times In ____, the state of Florida introduced legislation to protect Alligators. ️1944 Most examples of successful wildlife ranching operations are confined to ____ regions. ️Tropical and temperate savanna Long-term studies show that alligator populations remain stable even when as many as 50% of nests are collected for ranching. ️True ____ is not a South American candidate species for farming. ️Helmeted Guinea Fowl Chinese Soft-shelled Turtles have become pests in ____ where they were introduced. ️Malaysia Barking Deer are candidate species in ____ for farming. ️Asia Sustainable use of alligators generates $____ per year. ️60 Million It is usually more cost effective to farm wildlife than to hunt it. ️False To be a good candidate for wildlife farming, a species should have a ____. ️high reproductive output In this day and age, in tropical forests, wildlife is never an essential food source for humans. ️False In tropical forest areas, all indications are that wildlife farming for meat is economically viable compared with hunting or farming domestic species. ️False Wildlife ranching operations often combine the sale of hides and licenses to hunt with the sale of ____. ️meat It takes ____ to produce one ton of cattle. ️14 months Flying foxes are poor candidates for farming because they ____. ️have low biological productivity Wildlife farming complicates law enforcement. ️True Alligators are farmed and ranched on a large scale in Florida and ____. ️Louisiana The "grass cutter" is a species of ____ indigenous to Africa. ️rodent American alligators are listed on Appendix II of CITES to help control the trade in ____. ️look-a-like species The Large Flying Fox is indigenous to Africa. ️False ____% of cane rat farmers in Ghana rely on wild stock for breeding animals. ️90 Captive populations can act as a reservoir for diseases that can spread to wild populations. ️True If you were to farm wildlife, which of the following species would you choose as the most cost effective? ️Capybara Pacas are tropical ____. ️rodents Capybara were officially classified as ____ by the Roman Catholic Church. ️fish People in the world's tropical forests have little or no tradition of raising domestic livestock. ️True Species most suitable for farming have some of the same characteristics as species that might become ____. ️pests Flying foxes are threatened with extinction largely because they are considered a delicacy. ️True Origins of domestic stock date back ____ years. ️12,000 It is easier to farm species that are naturally ____ because they can be housed in groups. ️gregarious Zebra Mussels may concentrate toxins in their tissues that ultimately poison certain species of