Marsupials
Koalas, Kangaroos, and Wombats all have built-in pouches. Name the animal group they belong to.
What are mammals?
This fluttering insect carries pollen.
What is a butterfly?
After showering with water, elephants throw this on their backs to protect their skin from sun and insects.
What is dust (or dirt)?
These creatures belong to one of the oldest reptile groups in the world.
What are turtles?
These are the smallest migrating bird.
What is the hummingbird?
The name of a baby kangaroo.
What are joeys?
From roostings flying south for the winter to monarch butterflies flying over mountains, this seasonal journey is all about survival and instinct.
What is migration?
This massive land mammal, known for its huge ears and long trunk, holds the title of the largest land animal on Earth."
What are African Elephants?
On some beaches, volunteers and scientists carefully relocate these to safer areas or protect them with mesh screens to guard against predators and human interference.
What are turtle eggs?
These solitary birds enjoy traveling alone for up to ____ miles.
What is 500?
The number of thumbs and toes of a Koala.
What are 2 thumbs on their hands and 2 toes on their feet?
Whether you're an elephant in the safari or a bug in the garden, these five things are what every living thing needs to survive.
What is food, shelter, water, air, space?
From grabbing food and spraying water to cooling off and communicating, African elephants are experts at doing this with two special body parts.
What is trunk and ears?
Because a turtle's shell is part of its skeleton—including the spine and ribcage—this common myth about them outgrowing and leaving their shells is completely false.
What is "turtles can't grow out of their shells"?
The place that the name hummingbird comes from.
The scientific name for a wombat.
What is vombatus ursinus?
To give each caterpillar its best shot at survival, a butterfly often lays just this many eggs per leaf.
What is one egg?
This term describes the leader of an elephant herd, typically an older, experienced female.
What is a matriarch?
One reason turtles can’t leave their shells is because their shells are part of their skeleton—including the spine, rib cage, and this surprisingly large number of bones.
What are over 50 bones?
This unusual flying ability allows hummingbirds to maneuver precisely—something most birds can’t do—including flying backwards and upside down.
What is the ability to fly backwards and upside down?
Name the 10 different mammal classifications.
What are carnivores, primates, rodents, cetaceans, marsupials, sirenians, insectivores, ungulates, monotremes, and pinnipeds?
These are the four fabulous stages in the transformation of a butterfly—from tiny beginnings to fluttering beauty.
What is Egg, Caterpillar, Pupa, Adult Butterfly?
This term describes the behavior of digging tunnels and chambers underground, where animals like wombats sleep for days before moving to new burrows.
What is burrowing?
After hatching, this is the crucial journey baby turtles make to reach safety and begin their life in the ocean.
What is the turtle hatchling crawl?
The average weight of a hummingbird.
What is less than a nickel (less than 0.2 ounces)?