Mammals
A male guinea pig is called this like a male pig
What is a boar?
In a trilogy Katniss Everdeen wears a gold pin of this genetically altered bird.
What is a mockingjay?
Also a feathery fashion accessory it's a variety of constricting snake
What is a boa?
Some moths are able to detect chemical love signals called these up to 7 miles away.
What are pheromones?
It’s the Italian name for squid, whose meat is firm and chewy.
What is calamari?
A Russian blue is this type of animal.
What is a cat?
“A Flock of” these flew into the Top 10 with “I Ran (So Far Away).”
What are seagulls?
Of carnivore, herbivore or omnivore, the word that describes the 80-foot long, 40-foot tall brachiosaurus.
What is herbivore?
Mantis religiosa is a scientific name for this insect
What is the praying mantis?
No joke - this fish is also known as an anemonefish
What is clownfish?
If the two-toed type of this mammal falls off its tree, thick skin protects it, but it will be mostly helpless until returned.
What is a sloth?
The duck hawk or peregrine type of this bird is used in a game-hunting sport
What is falcon?
In 2006 one of these in Steve Irwin's zoo died at around age 176; it was said to have once belonged to Charles Darwin
What is a tortoise?
The Aedes genus of this insect carries dengue & encephalitis
What is a mosquito?
Tagging has shown many of the Pacific type of this fish genus Oncorhynchus return to the river where they hatched
What is salmon?
Koalas have adapted their diet with an extra long gut to break down poisons in these leaves and sleep 20 hours a day due to a lack of nutrition in the leaves.
What is eucalyptus?
These tropical eagles are named for a woman-bird hybrid of Greek mythology
What is a harpy?
Chelonoidis nigra is the scientific name of a tortoise that lives in this island group
What is the Galapagos?
A beetle with middle femurs that look like bulging biceps was named for this Austrian-born actor.
Who is Schwarzenegger?
This popular food fish is the largest of the flatfish with some species approaching 500 pounds
What is halibut?
After all the gelato, I feel as big as a Baleen, one of these.
What is a whale?
The North American species of this huge bird has a great scientific name: Gymnogyps californiaus
What is the california condor?
In 1992 these 10-foot lizards were hatched for the 1st time outside of Indonesia at the National Zoo in Washington D.C.
What is the komodo dragon?
Just like chickens cockroaches have this internal organ that grinds food
What is a gizzard?
Careful - as an adult this aquarium favorite is cannibalistic and must be separated from its young
What is guppy?
From the Spanish for stray animal it's a wild horse or a sports car
What is mustang?
Aka the pilomotor reflex it's skin's response to cold or emotional stress
What are goosebumps?
The bite of this lizard is venomous & painful but thankfully not deadly to humans
What is the gila monster?
The Ctenocephalides canis species of this feeds not only on dogs but on other mammals including humans
What are fleas?
The tripod fish uses elongated these to support itself appearing to stand on the ocean floor
What are fins?
This carnivore’s scientific name is Ursus maritimus.
What is the polar bear?
Meep! Meep! The greater this (Geococcyx californianus not Mondo speedious) runs at 15 mph
What is roadrunner?
When the American alligator became protected this South American crocodilian was imported to sell to tourists
What is a caiman?
The Colorado type of this plentiful insect is the terror of potato growers
What is the potato beetle?
These deadly fish have been released into U.S. lakes when owners found that feeding them was expensive
What are piranhas?
These quadrupeds can open their jaws 150 degrees and are strong enough to bite a crocodile in half.
What is a hippopotamus?
It's a number like 2 or 7 as opposed to 2nd or 7th
What is cardinal?
Emily Dickinson’s poem about this kind of animal begins, “A narrow fellow in the grass” and ends, “zero at the bone.”
What is a snake?
Some birds put ants in their feathers maybe because the ants spray this caustic acid killing parasites
What is formic acid?
Feeding on other fish's entrails it gets its name from a 3-letter word for an ugly old woman
What is hagfish?
In the 1950s, Idaho relocated these amphibious rodents by dropping them out of airplanes using parachutes.
What are beavers?
Leach's & Wilson's are among the storm types of this bird
What is a petrel?
Although called a toad this North American animal is actually a lizard that feeds mainly on ants
What is a horned toad?
Like dragonflies these feminine-named flies have see-through wings but at rest they demurely keep them folded
What are damselflies?
The giant Mekong type of this barbeled fish is one of the largest freshwater fish; one specimen was 9-feet long and 646 lbs.
What is a catfish?
This word describing Penn State’s Lions comes from an Algonquian term meaning “single mountain.”
What is Nittany?
English architect Sir Christopher.
What is a wren?
Among the smallest reptiles is the dwarf this a type of lizard that can walk on your ceiling
What is a gecko?
Lymantria dispar is this moth that true to its name travels around devastating forests of aspen & oak
What is a gypsy moth?
From the old Norse for “brag,” it means to complain or find fault in a petty way.
What is carp?