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Lake Superior Zoo Trivia
100
This small mammal found in Australia has soft gray or brown fur on its back and white fur on its belly. It lives in trees and sleeps most the day. What animal is this?
koala
100
What is a group of kangaroos or wallabies called?
a mob
100
What animal are these?
Bearded dragons
100
What are the red kangaroos names?
Ginny and Luna
100
What is the Lake Superior Zoo's tiger called?
Taj
200
Many of Australia's plants and animals that live in the same ______depend on each other to survive
ecosystem
200
What is a group of kangaroos/wallabies called?
a mob
200
What is this animal called?
Laughing Kookaburra
200
There is a green tree python when you enter the Australia building, are green tree pythons native to Australia?
Yes! The species is native to New Guinea, some islands in Indonesia, and the Cape York Peninsula in Australia
200
What kind of lemurs do we have at the zoo?
Ring-tailed lemurs
300
More than 2,000 species of fish can be found off the north eastern coast of Australia. Many tourists visit this place every year to see the amazing underwater life that lives there. This place is called __________________.
Great Barrier Reef
300
How many feet can a kangaroo go in one bound?
25 feet
300
This is an invasive species in Australia, what are they called?
cane toad
300
What exhibit is next to the Australia walkway?
Bald Eagles
300
How many bears live at the Zoo?
3
400
Australia is famous for its mammals, like kangaroos and wallabies, that carry their young in a pouch. These animals are known as ____________
marsupials
400
How fast can a kangaroo hop?
35 mph
400
This is a blue tongue skink, why does it have a blue tongue?
scares predators away
400
How many prehensile-tailed skinks do we have?
7
400
What is enrichment?
Enrichment is a way that zookeepers give animals the opportunity to express natural behaviors.
500
____________ is hard material that forms from the skeletons of tiny sea creatures
coral
500
What is the family name for kangaroos and wallabies?
Macropods
500
This is a brush tailed bettong, what is their favorite food?
Mushrooms
500
There are 66 venomous animals in Australia, the Zoo does not have any venomous animals in the Australia building, what is the zoo's only venomous animal?
Gila monster-Leroy
500
In what year was the Lake Superior Zoo founded?
1923