Mammals
This is the fastest mammal we have
What is the lynx?
This bird is known to feed on young coconuts
What is the Moluccan cockatoo?
This is the term for the bottom of a turtle/tortoise shell
What is plastron?
This is the term for an animal that hunts and searches for food at dawn and dusk
What is crepuscular?
This protein makes up our hair, skin and fingernails
What is keratin?
This is the reason that rodent teeth are orange
What is iron rich enamel?
What is the maintenance process of cleaning and straightening feathers in birds called?
What is preening?
These are the large bony plates that are typically found on the shells of turtles and tortoises as well as birds feet
What are scutes?
This is the name for the gland that the Cane toad secretes its bufotoxin from
What is parotid?
This is one of the only effective predators that can hunt North American porcupines
What is the fisher?
This animal's diet mainly consists of fungi
What is the bettong?
This is the term for an animal that primarily eats seeds
What is granivore?
What are 3 differences between the legless lizard and snake?
What are eyelids, earholes and tail size?
The name of the fluid that the millipede secretes is called this
What is repugnatorial fluid?
What are the three distinct conditions that affect an animals pigment?
What are melanism, leucism and albinism?
The process of ingesting feces to reabsorb lost nutrients is called what
What is coprophagia?
Which two bird species are considered endangered by the IUCN?
What is the Moluccan cockatoo and African gray parrot?
This is the only reptile that is able to thermal regulate itself and is considered the only warm-blooded reptile
What is the argentine tegu?
This is the term for an animal having toes facing forward and backward
What is zygodactyl?
This is a behavior in which animals apply substances from their environment onto their bodies, often for protection, camouflage, or communication
What is self-anointing?
These are the three characteristics that make a mammal a mammal
What is being warm-blooded, having fur or hair and producing milk through the mammary glands?
This country is where the red crested turaco is endemic to
What is Angola?
This is the name of the process in which amphibians breathe through their skin
What is cutaneous respiration?
This is the term for an animal dropping part of its body to deter predators
What is autotomy?
This is how many nipples an opossum has
What is 12?