Beardsley Zoo Trivia
The year Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo opened
What is 1922?
A type of camouflage where the dorsal and ventral sides of an animal are different shades
What is Countershading?
The largest land carnivore
What is a Polar Bear?
These North American birds were once so plentiful they would block out the sun
What is a Passenger Pigeon?
When a harmless species will resemble a dangerous species to deter predators
What is mimicry?
This land animal has the worlds largest mouth
What is a hippopotamus?
This bird went extinct less than 80 years after being discovered
What is a Dodo?
This is the country with the most dangerous species
What is Australia?
These lobe-finned fish were thought to be extinct, but are still found in Asian oceans
What is a coelacanth?
The famous line "To be or not to be" is from this Shakespeare play
What is "Hamlet"?
The oldest Ambassador animal the zoo has ever had (38!)
What is the Mud Turtle?
The most deadly animal on the planet
What is a mosquito?
This carnivorous marsupial went extinct less than 100 years ago
What was a Thylacine?
This is the proper name of the greenhouse
What is a Victorian Glasshouse?
The type of movement used by kangaroos, rabbits, frogs, and a few other animals
What is Saltatorial?
This is the fastest moving animal on Earth
What is a Mantis Shrimp?
Humans hunted this 30ft long marine animal to extinction within 30 years of its discovery
What is a Steller's Sea Cow?