Records & Wildlife Lore

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1.What is the dance honeybees use to share food locations called?
- A. the spiral dance
- B. the moon walk
- C. the circle chase
- D. the waggle dance
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the waggle dance
Did you know? The waggle angle points to the flowers relative to the sun.
2.Which animal is sacred in India and may not be eaten by many Hindus?
- A. the cow
- B. the pig
- C. the camel
- D. the horse
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the cow
Did you know? Cows roam freely in many Indian cities.
3.Where do orcas hunt in pods across cold and warm seas?
- A. only in coral reefs
- B. in every ocean
- C. only in rivers
- D. only in the Arctic
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in every ocean
Did you know? Orcas are the most widespread marine mammals after humans.
4.Which bird is the fastest animal on Earth in a hunting dive?
- A. the golden eagle
- B. the hummingbird
- C. the peregrine falcon
- D. the barn owl
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the peregrine falcon
Did you know? A diving peregrine falcon can top 300 km/h.
5.Which insect finds people by the carbon dioxide in their breath?
- A. the butterfly
- B. the firefly
- C. the mosquito
- D. the ladybug
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the mosquito
Did you know? Mosquito antennae carry carbon-dioxide sensors.
6.Which migrating insect crosses between Canada and Mexico each year?
- A. the cicada
- B. the dragonfly
- C. the monarch butterfly
- D. the bumblebee
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the monarch butterfly
Did you know? Monarchs gather in Mexican fir forests each winter.
7.Which behavior do Virginia opossums use when threatened?
- A. singing loudly
- B. playing dead
- C. leaping at trees
- D. burying food
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playing dead
Did you know? Thanatosis can last for minutes to hours.
8.Which bird is the national symbol of New Zealand's people?
- A. the emu
- B. the cassowary
- C. the kiwi
- D. the kea
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the kiwi
Did you know? New Zealanders are nicknamed "Kiwis".
9.In which kind of forest do giant pandas live?
- A. savannas
- B. bamboo forests
- C. mangroves
- D. pine forests
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bamboo forests
Did you know? Wild giant pandas live only in China's mountains.
10.Which animal is the largest known animal of all time?
- A. the sperm whale
- B. the blue whale
- C. the giant squid
- D. the African elephant
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the blue whale
Did you know? The blue whale can reach about 30 meters in length.
11.Which animal can smell many times better than a hound and is used to find truffles?
- A. the goat
- B. the pig
- C. the horse
- D. the rabbit
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the pig
Did you know? Truffle-hunting pigs now often yield to trained dogs.
12.Which bird family does the extinct dodo belong to?
- A. pigeons and doves
- B. parrots
- C. penguins
- D. owls
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pigeons and doves
Did you know? The dodo lived on the island of Mauritius.
13.How do emperor penguins keep eggs warm in the Antarctic winter?
- A. inside tree hollows
- B. under snow domes
- C. in buried nests
- D. on the males' feet
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on the males' feet
Did you know? Males fast for months while incubating.
14.Which insect's silk led to the famous trade road to China?
- A. the honeybee
- B. the silkworm
- C. the termite
- D. the firefly
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the silkworm
Did you know? The Silk Road linked China with Europe.
15.Which rodent is the largest living one?
- A. the giant anteater
- B. the capybara
- C. the beaver
- D. the porcupine
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the capybara
Did you know? Capybaras can weigh as much as a large dog.
16.Which animal hunts by listening for tiny sounds under snow?
- A. the hedgehog
- B. the koala
- C. the red fox
- D. the beaver
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the red fox
Did you know? Foxes pounce on hidden prey with uncanny aim.
17.What do beavers build to raise the water level around their lodge?
- A. bridges
- B. towers
- C. dams
- D. fences
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dams
Did you know? Beaver dams can hold back ponds of hectares.
18.Which fish is the largest living one in the ocean?
- A. the blue whale
- B. the whale shark
- C. the giant squid
- D. the great white shark
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the whale shark
Did you know? The whale shark is a gentle plankton feeder.
19.Which land mammal is the tallest that has ever lived?
- A. the moose
- B. the African elephant
- C. the giraffe
- D. the camel
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the giraffe
Did you know? Giraffes can reach about 5.5 meters tall.
20.Which bird lays the largest egg of any living animal?
- A. the emperor penguin
- B. the ostrich
- C. the albatross
- D. the emu
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the ostrich
Did you know? One ostrich egg can equal about two dozen chicken eggs.
21.In which way do most migrating birds navigate at night?
- A. by sound
- B. by counting steps
- C. by the stars
- D. by smell
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by the stars
Did you know? Indigo buntings learn star patterns as chicks.
22.Which bird soars at the top of Ecuador's coat of arms?
- A. the harpy eagle
- B. the Andean condor
- C. the bald eagle
- D. the golden eagle
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the Andean condor
Did you know? The Andean condor is a national symbol of several Andean countries.
23.Which habitat does the axolotl occupy its entire life?
- A. open ocean
- B. tundra
- C. lakes and canals
- D. desert sand
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lakes and canals
Did you know? Wild axolotls live around Mexico City's canals.
24.Which animal can see ultraviolet light that humans cannot?
- A. the penguin
- B. the reindeer
- C. the barn owl
- D. the eagle
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the reindeer
Did you know? Reindeer eyes shift color with the seasons.
25.Which dog statue in Tokyo honors a famously loyal Akita?
- A. Balto
- B. Hachiko
- C. Lassie
- D. Rin Tin Tin
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Hachiko
Did you know? Hachiko waited at Shibuya Station for years.
26.Which collective behavior do starlings perform in swirling evening flocks?
- A. migration
- B. cannibalism
- C. murmurations
- D. hibernation
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murmurations
Did you know? Murmurations deter falcons through confusion.
27.Which zodiac animal comes right after the rat in the Chinese cycle?
- A. the tiger
- B. the ox
- C. the dragon
- D. the rabbit
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the ox
Did you know? The Chinese zodiac repeats every twelve years.
28.Which ecosystem do leafcutter ants help renew by carrying leaf fragments underground?
- A. the tropical rainforest soil
- B. salt flats
- C. alpine meadows
- D. coral reefs
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the tropical rainforest soil
Did you know? Their fungus gardens enrich the forest floor.
29.Which ocean animal detects the electric fields of hidden prey?
- A. the lobster
- B. the jellyfish
- C. the seahorse
- D. the shark
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the shark
Did you know? Sharks sense fields through ampullae of Lorenzini.
30.Which mammal was long mistaken for a monster because it lays eggs?
- A. the platypus
- B. the sloth
- C. the wombat
- D. the echidna
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the platypus
Did you know? Scientists once thought a platypus specimen was a hoax.
31.Which bird, in Aztec legend, marked the spot to found Tenochtitlan?
- A. an owl
- B. an eagle on a cactus
- C. a hummingbird
- D. a macaw
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an eagle on a cactus
Did you know? Mexico City stands where Tenochtitlan was founded.
32.Which animal builds the underground tunnel networks called setts?
- A. the wombat
- B. the mole
- C. the rabbit
- D. the European badger
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the European badger
Did you know? Some setts have been used for over a century.
33.Which wild cat is the only one that cannot roar?
- A. the lion
- B. the jaguar
- C. the snow leopard
- D. the tiger
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the snow leopard
Did you know? Snow leopards chuff and yowl instead of roaring.
34.Which ancient Egyptian goddess was depicted as a cat or a cat-headed woman?
- A. Nekhbet
- B. Bastet
- C. Hathor
- D. Isis
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Bastet
Did you know? Cats were honored in ancient Egyptian homes.
35.Which bird's plumage so amazed Maya and Aztec peoples that it was considered sacred?
- A. the quetzal
- B. the macaw
- C. the golden eagle
- D. the hummingbird
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the quetzal
Did you know? Quetzal feathers were traded as precious goods.
36.In Hindu tradition, which animal carries the god Ganesha?
- A. the elephant
- B. the rat
- C. the monkey
- D. the peacock
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the rat
Did you know? Ganesha's bandicoot rat mount is called Mushika.
37.Which habitat is home to the thorny devil?
- A. the Amazon rainforest
- B. the Australian desert
- C. the African savanna
- D. the Himalayan slopes
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the Australian desert
Did you know? Thorny devils collect dew in grooves between their spines.
38.Which mammal dives over a kilometer deep to hunt giant squid?
- A. the blue whale
- B. the orca
- C. the elephant seal
- D. the sperm whale
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the sperm whale
Did you know? Sperm whales hunt giant squid more than a kilometer deep.
39.Which animal navigates using Earth's magnetic field like a living compass?
- A. the hamster
- B. the sea turtle
- C. the goldfish
- D. the chicken
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the sea turtle
Did you know? Sea turtles read magnetic signatures of coastlines.
40.Which fish was famously rediscovered alive in 1938 after being known only from fossils?
- A. the coelacanth
- B. the arapaima
- C. the lungfish
- D. the sturgeon
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the coelacanth
Did you know? The coelacanth is called a "living fossil".
41.Which insect is the fastest flier, reaching about 58 km/h?
- A. the honeybee
- B. the housefly
- C. the dragonfly
- D. the moth
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the dragonfly
Did you know? Dragonflies catch prey mid-air with over 90% success.
42.Which ancient reptile lineage survives today only on islands near New Zealand?
- A. the matamata
- B. the gharial
- C. the tuatara
- D. the Komodo dragon
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the tuatara
Did you know? Tuataras split from lizards over 200 million years ago.

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