How do honeybees tell their hive-mates exactly where to find the best flowers?
By flying in a straight line while buzzing at a specific pit
By leaving a trail of pheromones on the ground
By performing a "waggle dance" that communicates distance an
By bumping heads with other bees in a specific rhythm
True or False: A snail can sleep for up to three years if the weather conditions are too dry or too cold.
TRUE
What animal has the most bones in the world?
Monkey
Rhino
Snake
Lizard
How long is a giraffe's tongue?
55cm
30cm
45cm
60cm
True or False: A chameleon changes its color primarily to blend in with its background for camouflage.
False. Chameleons primarily change color to regulate their temperature or to communicate their mood (like anger or a desire to mate) to other chameleons.
An octopus has three hearts. What is the primary job of two of those hearts?
To pump ink during an escape
One for each side of the brain
To pump blood specifically to the gills
To help the octopus change color rapidly
Which animal produces milk but is not a placental mammal?
Kangaroo
Seal
Platypus
Dolphin
Which is the fastest spider?
Moroccan flic-flac spider
Tarantula
Black widow
Big boy castle spider
What is a group of lions called?
a pack
a gang
a pride
a herd
True or False: Ostriches bury their heads in the sand when they are scared or threatened.
FALSE. They actually lay their heads flat against the ground to blend in with the terrain, or they simply run away (they can hit 45 mph!)
What is the only place where we do not find bees?
Antarctica
Asia
the Equator
Greenland
How does a Woodpecker protect its brain from the massive force of pecking wood?
It has a tiny "airbag" in its forehead.
Its skull is made of a rubber-like bone.
Its tongue wraps all the way around its skull to act as a se
Its brain is suspended in a special liquid.
What is the national animal of India?
Bengal tiger
True or False: Male seahorses are the ones who give birth to their young.
True. The female deposits her eggs into a pouch on the male's abdomen. He fertilizes them and carries them for several weeks until they are ready to hatch.
A platypus is one of the few venomous mammals. Where is its venomous stinger located?
At the tip of its tail
In its bill
On spurs on its back ankles
Inside its front claws
A group of which animal is famously known as a "murder"?
Hyenas
Sharks
Crows
Vultures
What is the main reason a Sloth only leaves its tree once a week?
To find a different type of leaf to eat
To go to the bathroom
To drink water from a river
To find a mate
Why is a polar bear’s skin actually black?
To help them blend into the dark shadows of ice caves
To absorb as much heat as possible from the sun
To protect them from getting "snow blindness"
Because they evolved from grizzly bears very recently
Which animal has rectangular pupils
snake
goat
owl
cat
Sharks have no bones in their bodies. TRUE or FALSE?
TRUE
Where is a shrimps heart placed
in his head
in his chest
in his stomach
True or False: Scorpions glow a bright neon blue/green under UV light (blacklight).
TRUE. They have proteins in their exoskeleton that fluoresce. Scientists still aren't 100% sure why, but it might help them detect light or find each other.
How many stomachs does a cow have?
technically ONE stomach with four compartments
Which of these animals is the only one that can see both infrared and ultraviolet light?
The Monarch Butterfly
The Great White Shark
The Bald Eagle
The Goldfish
True or False: The tongue of a Blue Whale weighs as much as an entire African Elephant.
True. Everything about the Blue Whale is massive. Their tongue alone can weigh about 2.7 tons
True or False: Cats use their whiskers to determine if they can fit through a tight space.
True. A cat’s whiskers are generally as wide as its body. The hairs are packed with nerve endings that send sensory information to the brain about the width of
True or False: Ants never sleep.
False. Fire ants, for example, take hundreds of tiny "power naps" that last about a minute each, totaling about 4-5 hours of sleep per day.