Hello Animals!!
What is the slowest animal on land?
The sloth.
What is the only big cat that lives in groups?
The lion. A group of lions is called a pride.
What is the color of a polar bear’s skin?
Black.
Are snakes poisonous?
No.
About how many millions of years ago did dinosaurs become extinct?
65 million years ago (it's a well quoted figure)
What are baby kangaroos called?
Joeys.
What are the only birds that can fly backward?
Hummingbirds. They can even fly upside down!
What is the largest animal in the world?
The Antarctic blue whale.
Does a Komodo dragon produce venom?
Yes.
The dodo is an extinct flightless bird which lived on which island in the Indian Ocean?
Mauritius
What does the bat use to navigate and locate its prey?
Echolocation. It sends out a series of high-frequency sound waves that humans can’t hear – the ultrasound
What is the only mammal that can fly?
The bat.
Which animal eats jellyfish?
Sea turtles.
What determines the gender of baby sea turtles?
The temperature.
The Moa was a now-extinct flightless bird found in which country?
New Zealand
What is the smallest cat in the big cat family?
The rusty-spotted cat. At only 3 pounds (1.3 kg) with a length of about 17 inches (43 cm), it’s around the same size as domestic cats.
What is the smartest farm animal?
Pigs
What is something that sharks can sense but humans cannot?
Electric fields.
Why do chameleons change the color of their skin?
Mostly to regulate temperatures and to communicate with other chameleons.
True or false. The brown bear went extinct in the UK just over 10,000 years ago?
False. It was just 1,000 years ago.
Which animal has the highest blood pressure?
The giraffe.
The blood pressure of giraffes measures 280/180 mm Hg, which is two times higher than ours!
What are the only two mammals that lay eggs?
The duck-billed platypus and the echidna. Both of these animals are in Australia.
How many bones does an octopus have?
Zero. The only hard structure it has is a beak, but that doesn’t count as a bone.
What are the skin cells that allow chameleons to change colors called?
Chromatophores.
Megalodon is an extinct species of what type of animal?
Shark