1. How far underground can the devil worm live?
3.6 kilometers (2.2 miles)
2. How does the devil worm survive the heat of deep
underground?
It has 70 extra copies of a gene that repairs heat-related damage, helping
it live in 37 degree Celsius (98 Fahrenheit) temperatures that would kill
other worms.
3. True or False: the diving bell spider breathes underwater
using gills like a fish.
False! It does NOT use gills like a fish, but still needs to breath air
like spiders on land do.
4. How does a diving bell spider fill its “diving bell”?
First, it dives down and spins a dome-shaped web between underwater plants.
Then it surfaces and traps a thin layer of air on the super-tiny hairs of
its legs and belly. The spider carries those air bubbles back down to its
dome, then shakes the bubbles out to slowly fill the dome like a balloon.
5. Where are baby diving bell spiders born?
They are hatched inside the diving bell dome!
6. True or False: blackpoll warblers starve themselves to get
skinny enough to fly before winter.
False!! Just the opposite, they eat enough to double their weight so they
will have fuel for their migration.
7. How far do blackpoll warblers fly over the ocean without
stopping?
Over 2,800 kilometers (1,700 miles)!
8. What’s another name for a tardigrade?
The water bear.
9. What is the dried-out state of a tardigrade called?
It’s a TUN of fun that can even stand the sun!
10. How long can a tardigrade survive in tun state?
They can survive a LONG time in their tun state, too – sometimes over a
hundred years.
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