Nocturnal hunters
This mammal uses echolocation clicks to locate prey, but its large ears also help it detect sounds.
What is a bat?
This Australian mammal has venomous spurs on the male's hind legs.
What is a platypus?
This amphibian can regrow limbs and even repair parts of its heart and spinal cord.
This mammal is not actually blind, despite the common saying about it.
What is a bat?
These animals eat dead organisms and help return nutrients to ecosystems.
What are decomposers/scavengers?
This owl has asymmetrical ear openings that help it pinpoint prey in darkness.
What is a barn owl?
Unlike venom, this defensive substance is typically harmful when touched, inhaled, or swallowed rather than injected.
What is a toxin/poison?
This Arctic mammal's transparent guard hairs help its coat appear white by scattering light.
What is an Arctic fox?
Despite the superstition, this bird is often considered a symbol of wisdom because of its association with knowledge and learning.
What is an owl?
This defense strategy involves an animal resembling a dangerous or unpalatable species.
What is mimicry?
This bat species feeds on blood and has heat-sensitive receptors that help it locate blood vessels.
What is a vampire bat?
This lizard can squirt blood from tiny vessels near its eyes when threatened.
What is a horned lizard?
This insect mimics a dead leaf to avoid detection by predators.
What is a ghost mantis?
This group of animals sheds its skin as it grows; the shed skin is called an exuvia.
What are arthropods?
This term describes an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food.
This mammal hunts scorpions and snakes and can resist the venom of some snake species.
What is a mongoose?
This snake's hinged front fangs fold back against the roof of its mouth when not in use.
What is a viper?
This marine animal can expel some of its internal organs as a defense and later regenerate them.
What is a sea cucumber?
This amphibian does not give humans warts by touching them; the bumps on its skin are not human warts.
This type of relationship benefits one species while harming the other, as when a tick feeds on a deer.
What is parisitism?
This nocturnal primate has enormous eyes relative to its body and is native to Madagascar. (Hint: it's name also corresponds with a certain pirate slang.)
What is an aye-aye?
This small blue-ringed cephalopod produces a powerful neurotoxin that can cause paralysis.
What is a blue-ringed octopus?
This tiny animal can survive extreme conditions by entering a state called cryptobiosis. (Hint: it's microscopic)
What is a tardigrade?
This Australian mammal lays eggs despite being classified as a mammal.
What is a platypus?
This term describes an animal that is most active at dawn and dusk.
What is crepuscular?