Animal Anatomy
This large-eared mammal uses its ears to cool off in the hot African sun.
What is the African elephant?
Zebras are part of this group of plant-eating animals.
What are herbivores?
You can tell a lion has passed by this pattern: four toes and no visible ___ print.
What is claw?
A baby elephant is called this.
What is a calf?
This tool lets vets listen to heartbeats.
What is a stethoscope?
This African herbivore’s long neck has the same number of neck bones as a human—just 7!
What is a giraffe?
Giraffes mainly eat this type of plant, rich in nutrients but hard to digest.
What are leaves (especially acacia leaves)?
This giant mammal leaves behind dung the size of a soccer ball.
What is an elephant?
Giraffe babies can stand up within this amount of time after birth.
What is 30 minutes to 1 hour?
Vets sometimes use darts to give these when animals can’t be approached easily.
What are tranquilizers or vaccines?
This mammal’s horn is made of the same material as your fingernails.
What is a rhinoceros?
Ruminants like antelope and buffalo have this many stomach compartments.
What is four?
Veterinarians examine scat to check for these parasites.
What are worms (or intestinal parasites)?
These cat babies are born with their eyes closed.
What are lion cubs?
To protect both people and animals, vets wear gloves and sometimes these on their faces.
What are masks or face shields?
Elephants don’t have sweat glands, so they do this to cool off.
What is flap their ears or spray water/dust?
Elephants spend up to 16 hours a day doing this.
What is eating?
Rhino dung piles (called middens) are used for this type of communication.
What is territorial marking?
Wildebeest calves are often able to run within this short time after being born.
What is minutes (typically 5–15 minutes)?
Microchips are placed under the skin to help with this.
What is tracking or identification?
A hippo’s skin secretes this natural substance that acts as sunscreen and antibiotic.
What is “blood sweat” (not actual blood, but a red oily secretion)?
Despite being huge and dangerous, hippos eat mostly this.
What is grass?
This nocturnal mammal’s droppings often contain shiny bits due to eating insects.
What is a hyena? *(Bonus: Could also accept aardwolf) *
Veterinarians sometimes bottle-feed orphaned mammals using this common baby item.
What is a baby bottle (nursing bottle)?
When relocating big animals like elephants, this is used to calm them before moving.
What is anesthesia or a tranquilizer dart?