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The Trivia Thread

I once interviewed a biologist who studied bristlecone pines in the Sierra Nevada, and he said they were thousands of years old, so I will go with that?

 
I once interviewed a biologist who studied bristlecone pines in the Sierra Nevada, and he said they were thousands of years old, so I will go with that?
Well darn, didn't take long to knock that one down. Well done.

 
that was my next guess as well...based on their muscle control it very well could be that...while I don't want to steal the question, do you know what muscle makes it possible for cats to always land on their feet?  

 
that was my next guess as well...based on their muscle control it very well could be that...while I don't want to steal the question, do you know what muscle makes it possible for cats to always land on their feet?  
Tail?

 
nope...these are muscles that you have to...they are called the sternocleidomastoid...they are attached to the base of the skull(mastoid), your collarbone (cleido) and sternum...in a cat they are very strong and they get their eyes level to the horizon and then use these muscles to spin their bodies to have their feet hit first...the muscles form a good chunk of the anterior portion of your neck

if you feel for your carotid pulse you are pretty much feeling this muscle...the carotid, jugular and vagus nerve run underneath it

 
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