Reproduction
Komodo Dragons can reproduce both with & without a mate (parthenogenetic). The non-mated offspring are _______ of their parent.
Clones
This species has no body, only appendages. What is it?
Star fish
Elephants use this part of their body like a pacifier, sucking on it mostly as babies - but even adults will do it when nervous or unsure.
Their trunk
Snails have many, many teeth. How many do they have?
14,000
Which of the following species can't roar?
Lion, tiger, cheetah, leopard, jaguar
Cheetah - their voice box is most similar to the house cat, and they can cheep and purr.
Bearded Dragons eggs are genetically either male or female, but eggs that are incubated above 32 degrees C are always _______.
Female
What is the only species of bird that can fly backwards?
Hummingbirds
This species in the Caribbean is know for stealing alcoholic drinks from bars.
Vervet monkeys
The largest snake every to live was ______ long, and killed it's pray by constriction.
15 meters (49 feet)
This species has a hard, armor like shell composed of bony plates known as osteoderms – and has been seen to deflect bullets.
Armadillo
This species has reversed pregnancy - after fertilization of the eggs, they are transferred and incubated in a brood pouch on the male until birth.
Seahorses
How many hearts to Octopus' have?
Three
Chimpanzees have been know to use sticks as tools since the 1960s. What do they use the sticks to do?
Fish termites out of their holes
The only known limbless vertebrae that can "fly" is the ___________, and they can glide up to 100 meters (328 feet).
Flying Snake
The worlds largest land migration is know as the Great Nile migration and involves ____________ antelope.
6 million
This species has a strong colony living style, and males rarely leave. This leaves new colonies with few to no males to reproduce with. Instead, females will mate with a male from a neighboring colony and then partner with another female to raise the offspring.
Laysan albatrosses of Hawaii
Cuttlefish blood isn't red. Instead of hemoglobin (which gives mammalian blood its red color), they have a copper-rich protein called hemocyanin. What color is their blood?
Blue
This animal has a ritual grieving process whenever one of their members die, including visiting their graves.
Elephants
If was often hypothesized that leeches moves from one leaf to another by falling or crawling down the plant, but there is now video evidence proving they _____ instead.
Jump
The largest butterfly in the world, the female Queen Alexandra’s birdwing, has a wingspan of ______. It is so large that the first one was collected by being shot with a shotgun.
28 cm (11 inches)
The Erect-Crested Penguins are best know for the odd number of eggs they lay at a time. How many do they lay?
One and a half
This species is the hairiest animal in the world, with up to 160,000 hairs per square centimeter of fur. What is it?
Sea Otter
The Cave Angel Fish of Thailand have a unique ability to ______, due to a bony connection between their pelvic fins and spine and strong muscles.
Walk
This species is known as "immortal" because even when it does, it's cells can regrow and start a whole new life cycle (think of a butterfly wing piece turning into a caterpillar).
Immortal Jellyfish
Why are most ginger cats male?
They are missing a part of their X chromosome, and females have to be missing the same part of both X chromosomes to be ginger.