Invertebrates
What is the largest species of tarantula known for eating birds and small mammals?
What is a bird eating tarantula?
These flightless bird, named after a fruit, lays the largest eggs in proportion to their bodies.
What is a Kiwi?
What is the most common venomous snake here at HSR?
What is a cotton-mouth water moccasin?
What is the most poisonous species of amphibian is?
The golden poison dart frog.
What is the only species of canine with retractable claws?
What is a fox?
What insect has the most painful bite on the Schmidt Scale index rating at a 4.0+ right next to the tarantula hawk?
What is a bullet ant?
A group of crows is referred to as a _____?
What is a murder?
This is the fastest snake moving at about 12mph and also one of the most venomous.
What is a black mamba?
What is another name for the larval stage of a frog besides tadpole?
What is a polliwog?
What is a Lion?
This invertebrate is referred to as "Biologically immortal" because of the amount of the enzyme telemerase it produces giving them the ability to live for very long amounts of time granted they aren't eaten by predators.
What are lobsters?
Flamingos get their pink pigment from a diet of brine shrimp and blue-green algae, although they are not born pink. What color a new born flamingos?
What is gray?
What is the largest reptile alive today?
What is the saltwater crocodile?
This amphibian is in the salamander family but generally a lot smaller.
What is a newt?
Hyenas may look like dogs but are more closely related to cats in the family of feliformia, but what animals are their closest living relatives?
What are mongoose, civets, or meerkats?
Scorpions belong to what family of invertebrates?
This is the fastest animal in the animal kingdom while diving. This bird can dive at speeds of up to 240mph.
What is a Peregrine Falcon?
What is the largest venomous lizard, sometimes eating 80% of its body weight in one sitting.
What is a komodo dragon?
This is the largest species of amphibian and can grow up to 5.9 feet.
What is a chinese giant salamander?
This animal from the Rottnest island off west Australia is known for having no natural predators on the island, causing it to be extremely friendly to any visitor resulting in many selfies with this animal.
What is a Quokka?
When threatened this sea creature will expel its own organs to deter the predator, afterwards its organs quickly regenerate.
What is a sea cucumber?
With the ability to mimic human speech and problem solve, these birds are considered the smartest of any bird species.
What is a Raven?
Boa constrictors are known for not having fangs, but rows of tiny teeth. What one species of boa is the exception to this trait?
What is an Amazon Tree Boa?
This species of amphibian is entirely aquatic with external gills. It has gone extinct in the wild but now exclusively exists through breeders in the pet trade?
What is an Axlotl?
The Egg-laying mammals Echidnas and Platypuses belong to what group?
What are Monotremes?