Quarantine Quizzes: Animals round 1

QUARANTINE QUIZZES Animals round 1

1. One of Pennsylvania's official state animals is referred to as the; 'snot otter', 'lasagne lizard' and 'eastern hellbender'. What kind of animal is it?

An amphibian; its closest relatives are salamanders or geckos

2. Iceland only has one native mammal species. What is it? ​The arctic fox

3. Which type of animal has two phalluses, in case one breaks off? ​Sharks

4. Platypus are the only mammals that do not have what body part?

Nipples. They “sweat” the milk out of their abdomens, where it pools in the creases of their skin

5. Which of these animals causes the most human deaths globally every year? a) snakes b) dogs or c) crocodiles a ​ ) snakes - crocodiles cause 1,000, dogs cause 35,000 and snakes 100,000

6. Which are the only birds known to be capable of flying backwards?

Hummingbirds

7. Which animal has fingerprints so similar to humans that they have occasionally been confused at crime scenes? ​Koalas

8. This animal's name comes from the Afrikaans/Dutch for ‘earth pig’?

Aardvark

9. Which animal, found in the waters of South America, has the scientific name of Electrophorus Electricus? …

The electric eel (1 point)

10. Which of these animals does ​not ​have webbed feet? a) beavers b) hippopotami c) crocodiles c ​ ) crocodiles​.​ Hippos do indeed have webbed feet. But despite this, adult hippos are not particularly good swimmers nor can they float.