Animal Oddities
This mammal lays eggs instead of giving birth to live young
What is a platypus?
Bamboo can grow nearly this many inches in a single day: 1, 10, or 35
What is 35?
These insects communicate using flashes of light
What are fireflies?
These marine animals have three hearts and are considered very smart
What are Octopuses?
This insect can lift roughly 50 times its body weight.
What is an ant?
This black and white mammal eats bamboo shoots and leaves.
What is a giant panda?
This part of the plant takes in water from the soil
What are the roots?
An insect called a Cochineal is used to made a food dye this color
What is red?
This fish can inflate like a balloon when threatened
What is a puffer fish?
This natural event occurs when the moon passes between Earth and the sun.
What is a lunar eclipse?
A group of flamingos is called this
What is a flamboyance?
The process plants use to make food from sunlight
What is photosynthesis?
This insect spends most of its life underwater before becoming a flying adult
A dragonfly
These tiny drifting organisms form the foundation of most marine food webs.
What is plankton?
This famous U.S. geyser erupts regularly in Yellowstone National Park.
What is Old Faithful?
This is the only mammal capable of true flight
What is a bat?
(while other mammals can fly. bats are the only mammal capable of true, powered, and sustained flight)
This flower is commonly seen on alters honoring those who have passed away on Día de los Muertos
What are marigolds?
Monarch butterflies migrate to this country for the winter
What is Mexico?
This intelligent sea mammal uses echolocation
What is a dolphin?
This natural phenomenon creates colorful bands of light near the poles
What is the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)
This Arctic animal changes color with the seasons, turning white in winter
What is an artic fox?
This deadly flower can get up to 9 feet tall and only blooms for only 2-3 days every 2 to 3 days
What is the corpse flower?
The study of insects is called this.
What is entomology?
This massive marine mammal is known for its songs
What is a humpback whale?
This was the first animal to be successfully cloned from an adult somatic cell?
What is a sheep?