Creepy Crawlies
What animal kills the most humans annually?
Mosquitos
What Texas mammal has the toughest skin?
Armadillo
What is the only mammal capable of true flight?
Bats
What reptile can squirt blood from their eyes and mouth as a way of defense?
Horned lizard
What effective hunter in the insect and animal world.
Dragonfly
Name an animal that is known for its orange teeth
What is the state bat of Texas?
Mexican Free Tailed Bat
What are the 4 venomous snakes in Texas? (ex: rattlesnakes)
Rattlesnakes, Copperheads, Coral Snakes, and Cottonmouths/Water Moccasins
What pest to ranchers has been of recent concern due to its nature of feeding on live prey flesh found near the Texas border?
New world screwworm
What animal has the thickest fur of any mammal?
Sea otter
What is the largest owl species in Texas, feeding on other raptors, rodents, small to medium mammals, reptiles, and birds.
Great horned owl
What is the largest native Texas snake that is also known to hunt and eat rattlensnakes?
Texas indigo snake
What venomous Texas arthropod can feast on mice, small snakes, and amphibians?
Texas redhead centipede (also accept: giant centipede, centiede)
What animal has the strongest recorded bite pressure? Found near australia and indonesia, and closely related family members in the united states.
Saltwater croc
What bird is part of a bloodthirsty family of “butcher birds” known for impaling the bodies of prey on sharp thorns or barbed wire, to save for later?
Loggerhead shrike
What Texas snake plays dead to deter predators, rolling onto its back and hanging out its tongue?
Hognose snake
This insect has a "murder" themed name and is also known to transport Chagas disease.
Assassin/kissing bug
What is the most venmous mammal?
Platypus
What is the only known mammal to use infrared to locate areas of high volume of blood on their prey?
Vampire bat
What toad species in texas can survive dry environments by burying underground for up to 8 months without water?
Spadefoot toad