Beardsley Zoo Trivia
The year Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo opened
What is 1922?
A type of camouflage where the dorsal and ventral sides of an animal are different shades
What is Countershading?
The largest land carnivore
What is a Polar Bear?
These North American birds were once so plentiful they would block out the sun
What is a Passenger Pigeon?
Bees
What is a swarm?
What is 'The Zoo'?
When a harmless species will resemble a dangerous species to deter predators
What is mimicry?
The terrestrial animal with the largest mouth
What is a hippopotamus?
This bird went extinct less than 80 years after being discovered
What is a Dodo?
Cattle
What is a Herd or Drove?
The number of species currently at the zoo (as per the website)
What is 86? (+/- 5)
What is a Super Predator?
This is the country with the largest number of dangerous species
What is Australia?
These lobe-finned fish were thought to be extinct, but were discovered in Asian oceans
What is a Coelacanth?
Parrots
What is a Pandemonium or Company?
The oldest Ambassador animal the zoo has (38!)
What is the Mud Turtle?
DOUBLE JEOPRADY!!!!!!!
The study of the age of trees
What is Dendrochronology?
The most deadly animal on the planet
What is a mosquito?
This carnivorous marsupial went extinct less than 100 years ago
What was a Thylacine?
Skunks
What is a Stench?
This is the proper name of a greenhouse
What is a Victorian Glasshouse?
The type of locomotion used by kangaroos, rabbits, frogs, and a few other animals
What is Saltatorial?
This is the fastest moving animal on Earth
What is a Mantis Shrimp?
Humans hunted this 30ft long marine animal to extinction within 30 years of its discovery
What is a Steller's Sea Cow?
Hyenas
What is a Cackle?