Killer Animals
This percentage of snake species are venomous
What is 20%
This is the biggest creature in the sea
What is a blue whale
This US Football team has an endangered species as its mascot
What is Cincinnati Bengals (Bengal tiger)
This bird has the largest wingspan in the world and can be up to 12 feet from wingtip to wingtip
What is the Wandering Albatross
This animal “faints” due to a neuromuscular disorder that causes its legs to stiffen and thus the animals falls over
What is the Tennessee Fainting Goat
The _____ Funnel Web Spider has venom that is extremely toxic to humans and is native to this location
What is Australia, A 60 mile radius around Sydney
This location tops the world list for most number of unprovoked shark bites in 2024
What is Florida
African Forest Elephants are critically endangered because of poaching, habitat loss and that it takes at least how long for them to reach sexual maturity
What is 15 years (15-17 years and 24 months to bring their single baby to term)
This bird species wins the ”best bird parent” award
What is the Emperor Penguin (male)
What is an octopus
This master digger uses a toxic saliva to paralyze their prey allowing them to store their food alive and save for later consumption
What is the European Mole
This fish is the fastest in the ocean reaching speeds of 82 mph
What is the Black Marliin
This rare cat is critically endangered with an estimated less than 100 left in the wild and have been on the endangered list since 1996
What is Amur Leopard
This bird is the most common bird in America and can be found in every state except Hawaii.
What is the American Robin
This animal is the most common at stealing drinks from bars and it knows to become intoxicated from drinking to many beers
What are Vervent Monkeys
This is the deadliest animal in the world
What is the mosquito, killing more people than any other creature on earth
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, at 661 pounds this is the largest fresh water fish ever caught
What is the freshwater stingray
In 2024, this animal was named as the number 1 endangered species in the US
What is the Red Wolf (estimated that there are less than 20 adults animals of this wolf species left in the wild)
This North American Bird migrates the furthest of any bird known traveling 24,000 miles on its migratory trip
Turkey Vultures do this following less than appealing behavior to cool themselves off during hot summer days
What is pee on themselves, soaking their legs and feet (it’s called urohydorsis and as the liquid evaporates it cools down the blood vessels in the legs and lowers the body temperate of the bird)
The duck billed platypus is a venomous animal and while not deadly to humans can paralyze and kill small animals (even dogs). Its venom is delivered via what body part
What is ankle spurs
The Mandarin Fish is considered to be the most beautiful and vibrant fish in the world. It is comprised of beautiful patterns all over its body containing these three colors
What are vibrant Blue, Orange, and Green
In Oct. 2023, 21 species were removed from the endangered species list due to extinction. They were 10 birds, 8 muscles, 2 fish and 1 mammal. This animal was the mammal that was removed
What is the Little Mariana Fruit Bat (last confirmed sighting in Guam in 1968)
While Albatrosses, Geese, Swans are known to “mate for life” this percentage of birds are considered socially monogamous and have only one mate per breeding season, can be multiple breeding seasons
What is 90% (over 90% of birds are deemed socially monogamous and can actually become agressive and hostile if another bird “enters the picture” once the mating season has begun)
People can thank Hawaii’s white sand beaches to the parrot fish as the sand that is found there is created due to what parrot fish bodily function
What is pooping. Parrotfish break off algae and rock and coral and it grinds up and breaks down in their intestine and then through their excrement they deposit it. It is thought they create hundreds of pounds of sand per year