Reptiles
What is the heaviest reptile?
A. Komodo Dragon
B. Saltwater Crocodile
C. Anaconda
B. Saltwater Crocodile! The Saltwater Crocodile is the largest crocodile and heaviest reptile, weighing up to 2,000 pounds.
What is the fastest fish?
A. Sword Fish
B. Mako Shark
C. Sail Fish
Sail Fish
It can swim up to 70mph!
True or false: Do clams have feet?
True: Clams have one foot that they use to move across the ocean floor.
What is the difference between a legless lizard and a snake?
Tail length! Snakes have long bodies and short tails while legless lizards have long tails and short bodies
Which snail is venomous?
A. Garden Snail
B. Giant Land Snail
C. Cone Snail
C. Cone Snail! They shoot out a venomous dart at prey and predators to protect themselves
How many reptile species are there?
A. over 10,000
B. over 15,000
C. over 20,000
A. over 10,000! There are more known reptile species than mammals and amphibians
What is the most poisonous fish?
A. Puffer Fish
B. Lion Fish
C. Snail Fish
Puffer Fish!
Their organs and skin produce poison that is dangerous to touch.
How many legs does a crab have?
8! True crabs have 8 legs, but other crustaceans have 6.
What can scales be used for?
Protection, camouflage, control temperature and moisture.
What is the fastest snake in the world?
A. Sidewinder
B. Black Mamba
C. Black Racer
A. Sidewinder! They can travel up to 18 mph and move differently from other snakes
Why do snakes shed their skin?
They shed their skin as they grow because their skin doesn't grow with them.
What is the largest fish in the world?
A. The Humpback Whale
B. The Whale Shark
C. Giant Squid
They can grow up to 41.4 feet long and weigh up to 21.5 tons
True or false: Slugs have shells
True! Unlike snails, slugs have a shell on the inside of their body that looks like a curved plate.
What are some differences between land snails and sea snails?
Number of tentacles, what they breath, and where their eyes are.
True or false: Crocodiles and alligators eat rocks
True! They eat rocks to help digest food, get rid of parasites, and as a source or minerals.
What is the longest reptile?
A. Reticulated Python
B. Ball Python
C. Burmese Python
A. Reticulated Python. They can grow up to 32 feet long!
How many species of fish are their world wide
A. 9,000
B. 27,000
C. 56,000
27,000!
What mammals have shells?
A. Sloths and Anteaters
B. Elephants and Horses
C. Armadillos and Pangolins
C. Armadillos and Pangolins are the only mammals with shells. And each of them have unique shells from each other.
What is a bivalve? Examples?
Shells with two hinged parts such as mussels, clams, and oysters
How fast can a chameleon move its tongue?
A. 30 mph
B. 60 mph
C. 50 mph
B. 60 mph! Chameleons can shoot their tongue out from a standstill to 60 mph in the blink of an eye
What are reptile scales made of?
A. Cartilage
B. Skin
C. Keratin
C. Keratin! Our hair and nails are also made out of keratin
Nemo - Clown Fish
Dory - Blue Tang
Crush - Sea Turtle
Bruce - Shark
Bloat - Puffer Fish
True or false: Do snails have teeth?
True! Snails can have over 20,000 teeth to cut up food.
True or false: All eggs are hard shelled.
False: Many reptiles lay soft shelled eggs and some eggs have a more gel like shell.
How many lungs do snails have?
A. 0
B. 2
C. 1
C. 1! Snails and slugs both have 1 lung.