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Anybody Seen My Baby? Trivia Quiz
I don't think that The Rolling Stones were thinking about baby animals when they wrote their 1997 hit. But maybe you can answer their question and find the baby to match the parent. Have fun!
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(a) Drag-and-drop from the right to the left, or (b) click on a right
side answer box and then on a left side box to move it.
Questions
Choices
1. Echidna
Infant
2. Falcon
Ephyra
3. Hare
Joey
4. Jellyfish
Leveret
5. Llama
Eyas
6. Monkey
Cria
7. Oyster
Squab
8. Pigeon
Poult
9. Turkey
Puggle
10. Wombat
Spat
Select each answer
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Echidna
Answer: Puggle
Echidnas (like their platypus cousins) are monotremes, meaning that they are mammals that lay eggs instead of have live births. Echidna eggs are placed in their pouches to incubate until they hatch after about ten days. They remain in the pouch until they begin to grow spines, after which they will stay in the burrow until about six months old.
2. Falcon
Answer: Eyas
'Eyas' is the term used for either a fledgling hawk or falcon. The origin of the word 'eyas' begins with the Latin word 'nidus', which means nest. Over the years it transformed to 'niais' in Middle French, before modifying again to eyas in English.
3. Hare
Answer: Leveret
The term 'leveret' comes from the Latin 'lepus' originally, through a bit of an evolution through Old French and Anglo-Norman. The modern French term for a hare is 'lièvre'.
4. Jellyfish
Answer: Ephyra
Adult jellyfish produce eggs and sperm that together make a larva called a 'planula'. These find a place to settle and metamorphoses into a polyp called a 'scyphistoma'. These then metamorphoses into 'ephyrae', which are mobile and are immature jellyfish.
5. Llama
Answer: Cria
'Cria' is the name for the babies of all of the camelid species, which include llamas, alpacas, vicuñas, and guanacos. Quite simply, the name 'cria' comes from the Spanish word for young or offspring.
6. Monkey
Answer: Infant
The word 'infant' comes from the Latin word infans, meaning 'unable to speak' or 'speechless'. It is small wonder that monkeys, with their genetic similarities to humans, would have the same name for their young as humans.
7. Oyster
Answer: Spat
Oysters begin their lives in a larval state until they attach themselves to a hard substrate (usually an oyster shell) and transform into a spat. It takes about a year before spats are considered juvenile oysters, and another two years before they are considered adult oysters.
8. Pigeon
Answer: Squab
'Squab' is a term for an unfledged pigeon - one that is still too young to fly. The word has also come to refer specifically to young pigeons that are large enough to be used for meat. The origin for the word is Scandinavian, with a meaning of 'loose, fat flesh'.
9. Turkey
Answer: Poult
'Poult' is used to refer to the young of turkeys, and other pheasant-like birds. The word is related to the French 'poulet', which translates as 'chicken', and also to the term 'pullet', which is a young hen (less than a year old).
10. Wombat
Answer: Joey
'Joey' is the name given to the young of all marsupials, which include kangaroos, opossums, koalas, and bandicoots, to name a few. A group of wombats, interestingly, is called a wisdom.
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