Weird Animals
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100

This bird can mimic chainsaws, camera shutters, and car alarms.

What is the lyrebird?

100

In 1835, this city reportedly experienced a “Great Moon Hoax” claiming aliens lived on the moon.


What is New York City?


100

Water can boil and freeze at the same time under certain conditions. This phenomenon is called what?


What is the triple point?


100

The longest time someone has kept a goldfish alive is over how many years?


 What is 40 years?


100

 Bananas are technically this type of fruit.


 What is a berry?


200

This mammal lays eggs despite being a mammal.


 What is the platypus?


200

 During the 18th century, this fashion accessory was sometimes used to carry perfume or poison.


What is a pocket watch or snuff box?


200

This planet spins backward compared to most other planets.


What is Venus?


200

The largest rubber band ball weighed more than this many pounds.


 What is 9,000 pounds?


200

There’s a species of fungus that can take over the body of an insect, essentially controlling it. This is called what?


 What is Ophiocordyceps (zombie fungus)?


300

These tiny frogs can survive being frozen solid in winter.


What are wood frogs?


300

In medieval Europe, people believed this common animal could predict the future if it sneezed.


 What is a cat?


300

 Some types of this object can “sing” due to vibrations caused by wind.


What is a sand dune?


300

The world record for the most spoons balanced on a human body at once is over how many?


 What is 50 spoons?


300

This substance was once used as currency in some African tribes.


What is salt?


400

This animal has more hearts than humans.


 What is the octopus?


400

Napoleon was once attacked by this type of animal during a military parade.


What is a horde of rabbits?

400

The only letter not found on the periodic table is this one.


What is J?

400

This is the largest pizza ever made, measuring over 1261 square meters.


What is 1,261 square meters?

400

This common household item was originally invented as wallpaper cleaner.


What is corn starch?


500

how do you make a snow globe?

explain

500

This tiny crustacean can survive complete decapitation and grow back its head.


What is a planarian (flatworm)?


500

There is a species of jellyfish known as “immortal” because it can revert back to its juvenile form after reaching adulthood.


 What is Turritopsis dohrnii?


500

In 1958, this country accidentally dropped nuclear bombs near its own territory without detonations.


What is the United States?


500

In 1978, a man in Australia attempted to rob a bank using what unusual item as a weapon?


 What is a live kangaroo?