Trivia Quiz on Animal Physiology

1. What does the syrinx help a bird to do

A) Builds nests

B) Sing

C) Flaps faster

D) Hunts prey

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2. The eyes of which animal have rectangular pupils

A) Goat

B) Horse

C) Shark

D) Frog

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3. Who protects themselves from from blowing dust with three eyelids

A) Giraffes

B) Elephants

C) Camels

D) Llamas

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4. Which is the only musical bird that can fly backwards

A) Nightingale

B) Canary

C) Sparrow

D) Hummingbird

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5. A giraffes eyelashes are what colour

A) Amber

B) Black

C) Brown

D) Gray

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6. A flea can jump how many times its own length

A) 5

B) 20

C) 50

D) 100

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7. What creature in nature is most sensitive to heat

A) Desert iguanas

B) Rattlesnake organs between eyes

C) Pythons

D) Bees

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8. What color are a zebra's stripes during the first six months of life

A) Black

B) White

C) Brown

D) Gray

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9. What animals eye is bigger than its brain

A) Ostrich

B) Giant squid

C) Owl

D) Horse

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10. What Is The Only Creature Male Creature To Carry & Hatch Eggs

A) A Seahorse

B) A Platypus

C) A Turtle

D) A Frog

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11. What is the word for 'chewing the cud'

A) Rumination

B) Mastication

C) Grazing

D) Ruminant

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12. What does a cat use to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through

A) Whiskers

B) Tail width

C) Eyes

D) Paw size

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13. What is the strongest land animal

A) Elephant

B) Rhino

C) Gorilla

D) Hippopotamus

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14. What colour does a chameleon turn when its angry

A) Black

B) Green

C) Brown

D) Blue

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15. Dogs & humans are the only animals with what

A) Prostrates

B) Opposable thumbs

C) The ability to sweat from the entire body

D) The ability to speak a human language

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16. In relation to its size, which bird has, understandably, the thickest skull

A) Hawk

B) Woodpecker

C) Owl

D) Parrot

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17. What is a horse's foot called

A) Hoof

B) Paw

C) Claw

D) Sole

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18. Which is the only musical bird that can fly backwards?

A) Hummingbird

B) Kingfisher

C) Swift

D) Parrot

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19. A quarter horse gets its name from its speed in running the __________

A) Quarter mile

B) One furlong

C) Two hundred meters

D) Quarter_mile

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20. The blubber of a male __________ is considered superior to that of the sperm whale for lubricating machinery.

A) Walrus

B) Leopard seal

C) Blue whale

D) Elephant seal

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21. How Many Hearts Does An Octopus Have?

A) Two Hearts

B) Three Hearts

C) Four Hearts

D) One Heart

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22. How Many Stomachs Does A Cow Have?

A) Two

B) Three

C) Five

D) Four

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23. To survive, most birds must eat at least half their own weight in food __________

A) Per week

B) Each day

C) Per hour

D) Per meal

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24. Of the 250_plus known species of shark in the world, only about 18 are known to be __________

A) Endangered

B) Venomous

C) Dangerous to man

D) Endothermic

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25. What is the heart rate of the blue whale? (in beats per minute)

A) Eight

B) Nine

C) Six

D) Fifteen

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26. What comprises than 54% of humpback whale's milk?

A) Fat

B) Water

C) Protein

D) Lactose

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27. A baby gray __________ drinks enough milk to fill more than 2,000 bottles a day.

A) Whale

B) Dolphin

C) Seal

D) Otter

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28. What is the only animal that cant stick out its tongue?

A) Giraffe

B) Horse

C) Crocodile

D) Cat

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29. A __________ keeps purring, no matter if it is inhaling or exhaling, a baffling accomplishment.

A) engine

B) lawnmower

C) washing machine

D) Cat

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30. A mother __________ often gives birth while standing, so the newborn's first experience outside the womb is a 1.8_meter (6_foot) drop. Ouch!

A) Horse

B) Giraffe

C) Elephant

D) Zebra

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31. Some animals spend the winter in a sleep-like state known as _________.

A) Estivation

B) Hibernation

C) Torpor

D) Brumation

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32. The __________ of a really famished camel may flop over and hang down the side of the body as the fat is used up.

A) belly

B) flank

C) Hump

D) dewlap

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33. The electric eel's shocking power is so great that it can overtake its victims while __________

A) 20 feet away

B) 5 feet away

C) 15 feet away

D) 30 feet away

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34. It takes an average of 345 squirts to yield a gallon of milk from a cow's __________

A) teats

B) mammary glands

C) breasts

D) Udder

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35. An __________ may weigh as much as 300 pounds. Its intestinal tract is 45 feet long.

A) Emu

B) Ostrich

C) Giraffe

D) Kangaroo

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36. A __________ focuses its eye by changing the angle of its head, not by changing the shape of the lens of the eye, as humans do.

A) Bird

B) Snake

C) Frog

D) Horse

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37. __________ and short_tailed shrews get by on only two hours of sleep a day.

A) Elephants

B) Giraffes

C) Hippopotamuses

D) Horses

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38. Which Bird Can Fly Backwards?

A) The Sparrow

B) The Eagle

C) The Pelican

D) The Humming Bird

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39. All mammals have __________

A) Gills

B) Tongues

C) Feathers

D) Lay eggs

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40. Hedgehog quills are not barbed or poisonous. Hedgehogs do apply a foamy, foul_tasting saliva to their quills, which protects the animals from __________

A) Parasites

B) Diseases

C) Predators

D) Humans

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41. A hippopotamus can run faster than a __________

A) Man

B) Horse

C) Camel

D) Ostrich

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42. A hippopotamus has a stomach 10 feet long, capable of holding 6 bushels of __________

A) hay

B) leaves

C) roots

D) Grass

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43. The individual hair of a chinchilla is so fine that __________of them equal the thickness of a single human hair.

A) 100

B) 250

C) 1000

D) 500

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44. What animal can live several weeks without its head?

A) Chickens

B) Cockroach

C) Lizards

D) Goldfish

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45. Bats are the only mammals that are able to fly. The "flying squirrel" can only do what the gliding opposum does _ glide for short __________

A) Durations

B) Ranges

C) Lengths

D) Distances

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46. This animal is normally measured in "hands".

A) Pony

B) Donkey

C) Zebra

D) Horse

E) Camel

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47. What is the technical name for an animal's pouch?

A) Mammary pouch

B) Abdominal sac

C) Marsupium

D) Pectoral pouch

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48. A __________ gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.

A) Goat

B) Buffalo

C) Camel

D) Cow

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49. Most varieties of __________ can go an entire year without eating a single morsel of food.

A) Snake

B) Crocodile

C) Tortoise

D) Gecko

E) Scorpion

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50. The world's largest mammal, the blue whale, weighs 50 tons at birth. Fully grown, it weighs as much as __________ tons

A) 120

B) 150

C) 180

D) 200

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