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 (-5[1])“collision avoidance” and “velocity matching.” The response of one species of these animals to painted knitting needles led Niko Tinbergen to propose the term (-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 game. (10[1])Changes in day length are thought (10[1])to be the primary stimulus for these animals to undergo large-scale latitudinal migrations. Konrad Lorenz studied imprinting in, for 10 points, what class of animals, whose behaviors include flocking? (10[1])■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
Geoffrey ChenHutto HipposCornell C++37-5
Arya KarthikThe Enrique Trastamara Military Academy BCornell B-61-5
coby tranWhat is BH! And you are asking me? BHSURollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne Gang8510
Zach FosterRollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne GangHutto Hippos9110
Ben HuCornell C++Hutto Hippos12010
Dan NiCornell B-The Enrique Trastamara Military Academy B12110

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