Question

Wayne Potts proposed that one behavior exhibited by these animals is mediated by rapidly-propagating “maneuver waves.” Craig Reynolds added the suffix “oids” to the name of these animals in a program that simulates their behavior using principles like “collision avoidance” and “velocity matching.” The response of one species of these animals to painted knitting needles led Niko Tinbergen to propose the term (15[1]-5[1])“supernormal stimulus.” Two of these animals (*) compete for a shared resource and can choose to always or never fight in a well-studied evolutionary (10[1])game. (10[1])Changes in day length are thought to be the primary stimulus for these animals to undergo large-scale latitudinal migrations. (10[1])Konrad (10[1])Lorenz studied imprinting in, for 10 points, what class of animals, whose behaviors include flocking? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: birds [or avians or Aves; accept more specific types of birds like gulls or hawks or doves or geese; reject “chickens”]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTLChicago A61-5
Chris RayOSUMojo Shojo6115
Chris SimsNorthwesternPurdue8410
Jordan BrownsteinMaryland B-Chicago B8510
Ashvin SrivatsaEpic GamesAmartya Senpai Notice Me10410
Conor ThompsonMichiganIllinois A+10510
Adam FineChicago AWUSTL12110

Summary

2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y6100%17%17%93.33
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y3100%33%33%81.33
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y3100%0%67%117.00
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y3100%33%67%91.67
2023 BHSU Online04/15/2023Y4100%0%50%104.25
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield04/15/2023Y2100%0%50%102.00
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023Y3100%0%0%106.33