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Packet L: Tossup 7

An animal that feeds on this substance relies on endosymbiosis with Oceanospirillales bacteria. Cattle feeding on this substance (-5[1])is often an early indicator of a bovine botulism outbreak. (-5[1])The Epicyon and Borophagus genera of Miocene–Pliocene canines developed several adaptations for feeding on this substance. (-5[2])A genus (10[1]-5[1])of annelids often (10[1])called “zombie worms” (10[2]-5[3])obtain lipids from this substance (-5[1])from whale (10[1])carcasses. (10[2])The (-5[1])turkey vulture is the only (10[1])vertebrate (10[2])that primarily (10[1])feeds (10[1])on (10[1])this (-5[1])substance. (10[4]-5[7])Three (-5[1])of the four (10[2]-5[2])species (10[1])of modern hyenas are named for their ability to “crush” (10[2])or (10[2])“crack” (10[3])this substance. (10[4])Herbivores (10[2])like giraffes (10[2])may chew on this substance to obtain sufficient calcium and phosphate. (10[3])For 10 points, osteophagy refers to (10[1])feeding (10[1])on (10[1])what (10[1])hard, mineralized tissue? (10[9])■END■

ANSWER: bone [accept bone marrow; accept skeletons or skeletal remains; prompt on lipids until read by asking “from what substance?”; prompt on corpses or carcasses or answers referring to dead animals; prompt on whales or whale falls until “whale” is read]

<GC, Biology> | Packet L - Harvard A, McGill A, Arizona State A, Georgia Tech B, Toronto D, Georgia Tech D

= Average correct buzzpoint

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzzpoint	Value
Andrew Massaro	Catholic	NYU C	17	-5
Ben Tibbles	Sewanee	Kentucky	27	-5
Pace Klein	CWRU A	Pittsburgh	43	-5
Mikey Brown	Birmingham	UCL	43	-5
Orion Keller	Virginia Tech A	Virginia Tech B	45	-5
Kelvin Ni	NYU B	Maryland A	45	10
Sasha Tripathi	Chicago C	Purdue A	48	10
Nikolas Polsinelli	Chicago A	Illinois A	51	10
Alexander Clarke	Yale	Brandeis B	51	10
Snehan Saroch	Louisville A	Alabama A	51	-5
Jackson Slaughter	Tennessee A	Louisville B	51	-5
Dennis Reppen	Imperial A	Warwick A	51	-5
Danny Fisher	Warwick B	Oxford B	56	-5
Alex Jiang	Brown	Dartmouth A	58	10
Wyatt Johnson	CWRU B	Michigan State	59	10
Jacob Goodson	Ohio State C	Michigan A	59	10
Joshua Garner	Ohio State B	Michigan C	60	-5
Aiden Dartley	Rutgers A	Georgetown	65	10
Charles Hang	WashU A	Alabama B	66	10
Albert Nyang	LSE	Southampton A	66	10
Ted Warner	Bristol	Manchester	68	10
Joseph Collins	Imperial B	Edinburgh B	69	10
Elliot Cosnett	Oxford A	Edinburgh A	70	10
Riley Bruce	Tennessee B	WashU B	71	-5
Thomas Watkins	South Carolina A	North Carolina C	72	10
James Watson	Wake Forest	South Carolina B	72	-5
Joseph Chambers	Virginia	William and Mary	72	-5
Jesse Mindel	NC State A	North Carolina B	72	-5
David Nickel	Purdue B	Chicago B	72	10
Dash Rumble	Bowdoin A	Southern Connecticut State	72	-5
Brendan Bethlehem	Cambridge A	Cambridge B	72	10
Tok Shing Henry Wong	Cambridge C	Cardiff	72	-5
Ollie Glin-Conway	Imperial C	Southampton B	72	10
Jerry Vinokurov	John Jay	Vassar	72	-5
Justin Wytmar	NYU A	Johns Hopkins A	72	-5
Mason Lambert	James Madison A	Liberty B	73	-5
Taylor Smallacombe	VCU	Liberty A	76	10
Stephen Walsh	Northwestern B	Chicago D	76	10
Jack Casey	Illinois B	Indiana A	76	-5
Julian Sung	Oxford C	City St. George's	76	-5
Ethan Ma	Illinois C	Notre Dame A	77	10
Cooper Stringer	Northwestern C	Northwestern D	87	10
Jonathan Huang	MIT	Harvard B	87	10
Jake Markus	Dartmouth B	Bowdoin B	88	10
Xavier Bornhorst	Maryland B	Johns Hopkins B	88	10
Calvin Bostleman	Ohio State A	Michigan B	89	10
Alana Dickey	Indiana B	Notre Dame B	89	10
Hamish Campbell	Durham	Montpellier	89	10
Jack Pilkinton	James Madison B	Liberty C	91	10
Emily Snider	Liberty B	James Madison A	91	10
Tobias Cortes	Indiana C	Chicago E	91	10
Nico Lotto	Vassar	John Jay	91	10
Emily Kadolph	Virginia Tech B	Virginia Tech A	92	10
Joshua Iyo	North Carolina B	NC State A	92	10
Fionn O'Connor	South Carolina B	Wake Forest	94	10
Harris Beckner	Alabama A	Louisville A	94	10
Ariel Faeder	Pittsburgh	CWRU A	105	10
Olivia Kiser	Kentucky	Sewanee	105	10
Harri Slaughter	Cardiff	Cambridge C	105	10
Alan Hughes	UCL	Birmingham	111	10
Sawyer Smith	Mississipi State	Bruin	112	10
Camden Walker	WashU B	Tennessee B	113	10
Zoë McGuire	Oxford B	Warwick B	114	10
Thomas Jenkins	Michigan C	Ohio State B	118	10
Meredie Cohen	William and Mary	Virginia	118	10
Alex Akridge	Indiana A	Illinois B	118	10
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State	Bowdoin A	118	10
Nathan Woolery	Louisville B	Tennessee A	118	10
Zach Foster	City St. George's	Oxford C	118	10
Chris Levesley	Warwick A	Imperial A	118	10
Renita Tang	NYU C	Catholic	118	10
David Bass	Johns Hopkins A	NYU A	118	10

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Match	Heard	Conv. %	Neg %	Avg. Buzz
Great Lakes	Main Site	✓	5	100%	40%	86.00
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	✓	8	88%	50%	90.57
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	✓	8	13%	13%	92.00
Midwest	Main Site	✓	9	100%	11%	78.78
Northeast	Main Site	✓	5	100%	20%	80.40
Southeast	Main Site	✓	6	100%	67%	101.33
UK	Main Site	✓	12	100%	42%	89.33
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	✓	6	100%	50%	87.50