Big Cats
Unlike lions, this largest species of cat is typically solitary and an excellent swimmer.
What is the tiger?
Despite their name, these marine mammals are more closely related to elephants than to whales.
What are manatees?
his is the fastest bird in the world, reaching speeds of over 200 mph during hunting dives.
What is the peregrine falcon?
Camels store energy in this body part—not water, as is commonly believed.
What is the hump?
This is the largest animal known to have ever lived on Earth.
What is the blue whale?
This spotted cat can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in about three seconds but cannot sustain that speed for long distances.
What is the cheetah?
This cephalopod has three hearts and blue blood due to a copper-based oxygen-carrying molecule.
What is an octopus?
This flightless bird is the national symbol of New Zealand.
What is the kiwi?
This defense mechanism allows some lizards to voluntarily detach their tails to escape predators.
What is tail autotomy?
The world's tallest land animal belongs to this species.
What is the giraffe?
Native only to the Americas, this cat is also known as a mountain lion, cougar, or painter.
What is the puma?
The largest fish in the world feeds primarily on plankton and poses little threat to humans.
What is the whale shark?
The largest bird in the world can grow over 9 feet tall.
What is the ostrich?
This type of coloration helps animals like stick insects and leaf-tailed geckos blend into their surroundings.
What is camouflage?
This tiny bird is the only bird capable of sustained backward flight.
What is a hummingbird?
This elusive snow-dwelling cat uses a tail nearly as long as its body for balance and warmth.
What is the snow leopard?
This marine predator can detect the tiny electrical fields produced by the muscles and heartbeat of nearby prey.
What is a shark? (Accept: shark species such as great white or hammerhead.)
Known for their intelligence, these black birds belong to the genus Corvus along with crows.
What are ravens?
Bats and dolphins use this biological sonar system to locate prey.
What is echolocation?
The ocean quahog, a species of clam, can live for more than this many years.
What is 500 years? (Accept: over 500 years.)
Lions are the only truly social big cats, living in family groups known by this name.
What is a pride?
The deepest known living fish, the Mariana snailfish, was discovered in this ocean trench.
What is the Mariana Trench?
This North American bird of prey became the official national bird of the United States in 1782.
What is the bald eagle?
Arctic foxes survive winter temperatures by using this type of heat-exchange system in their legs to reduce heat loss.
What is countercurrent heat exchange?
The wandering albatross holds the record for the largest wingspan of any living bird, measuring up to this many feet.
What is about 12 feet?