--- title: Defences: tricks and myths: playing dead, dropping tails,… — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Biology description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 249 «Defences: tricks and myths: playing dead, dropping tails, ink, and do ostriches bury their heads?» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and prag --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/249-defences-tricks-and-myths-playing-dead-dropping-tails-ink-and-ostriches/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/) / Defences: tricks and myths: playing de… # Defences: tricks and myths: playing dead, dropping tails, ink, and do ostriches bury their heads? The 16 questions of lesson 249 «Defences: tricks and myths: playing dead, dropping tails, ink, and do ostriches bury their heads?» of the biology course of Mova's primary school with their options, 85 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/249-defences-tricks-and-myths-playing-dead-dropping-tails-ink-and-ostriches/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/249-defences-tricks-and-myths-playing-dead-dropping-tails-ink-and-ostriches/t1/) — In a cartoon an ostrich sticks its head in the sand when a lion comes. What would a real ostrich more likely do? — wrong ✗ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/249-defences-tricks-and-myths-playing-dead-dropping-tails-ink-and-ostriches/t2/) — In a cartoon a chameleon walks onto a tartan blanket and turns tartan. What is right? — right ✓ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/249-defences-tricks-and-myths-playing-dead-dropping-tails-ink-and-ostriches/t3/) — In a cartoon Bugs Bunny waves a red cape and the bull goes mad at the colour. What is true? — right ✓ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/249-defences-tricks-and-myths-playing-dead-dropping-tails-ink-and-ostriches/t4/) — «goldfish only remember 3 seconds, so he won't mind the tiny bowl» What is right? — right ✓ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/249-defences-tricks-and-myths-playing-dead-dropping-tails-ink-and-ostriches/t5/) — In a cartoon like Tom and Jerry, a baby bird falls out of its nest, the cat touches it, and the mother flies away for good. What is true? — right ✓ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/249-defences-tricks-and-myths-playing-dead-dropping-tails-ink-and-ostriches/t6/) — «camel's got 2 humps so it's got double water innit» What is right? — right ✓ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/249-defences-tricks-and-myths-playing-dead-dropping-tails-ink-and-ostriches/t7/) — «2 camels with 1 hump each, 3 camels with 2 humps. humps total» — right ✓ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/249-defences-tricks-and-myths-playing-dead-dropping-tails-ink-and-ostriches/t8/) — «3 ostriches in the field. how many legs? and don't say 12» — right ✓ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/249-defences-tricks-and-myths-playing-dead-dropping-tails-ink-and-ostriches/t9/) — «4 lizards lost their tails, no sorry 3 lost them. how many still got tails if there's 7 lizards» — wrong ✗ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/249-defences-tricks-and-myths-playing-dead-dropping-tails-ink-and-ostriches/t10/) — What would happen if a hungry bird pecked the eyespot near the tip of a butterfly's wing? — wrong ✗ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/249-defences-tricks-and-myths-playing-dead-dropping-tails-ink-and-ostriches/t11/) — «the possum's dead, look, tongue out and stinks. chuck it in the bin?» What is right? — wrong ✗ - [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/249-defences-tricks-and-myths-playing-dead-dropping-tails-ink-and-ostriches/t12/) — «why'd the squid leave a fake squid shape in the water lol» — wrong ✗ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/249-defences-tricks-and-myths-playing-dead-dropping-tails-ink-and-ostriches/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct popularly described as an ostrich burying its head in the sand? — right ✓ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/249-defences-tricks-and-myths-playing-dead-dropping-tails-ink-and-ostriches/e2/) — Identify the principal substance stored within the hump of a camel. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/249-defences-tricks-and-myths-playing-dead-dropping-tails-ink-and-ostriches/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the response of a bull to the cape of a bullfighter. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/biology/249-defences-tricks-and-myths-playing-dead-dropping-tails-ink-and-ostriches/e4/) — Ascertain the reason for which the shedding of the tail benefits a lizard pursued by a predator. — right ✓ · exam - ← previous: [248. 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