FunTrivia Animals Mix: Vol 6 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Madagascar

90% of Madagascar's wildlife, including many species of lemurs, reptiles, birds, fish, insects, snails, and more, are found nowhere else on Earth.

Question by player asteroidB612

Answer: ocelot

The ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) is a medium-sized cat (up to 1 m/39 in, tail not included) native to the Americas, where it inhabits areas with dense vegetation cover. In the US, it is found in southern Texas and Arizona. Unfortunately, before hunting of this cat was outlawed, the striking markings that characterize its fur made it a target for the fur trade.

At present, the ocelot is classified by IUCN as Least Concern, though habitat loss and poaching still threaten the species' survival in parts of its range. Like other wild cats, ocelots are occasionally kept as pets; famed Surrealist painter Salvador Dalí owned one, named Babou. All the other mammals are ungulates and herbivores: the oryx is a large antelope, the okapi a relative of the giraffe, and the onager a wild ass.

Question by player LadyNym

Answer: to know them or learn about them

They smell everything to know them. Everything smells different. They remember people, places, and things by their smell.

Question by player ninamary54

Answer: Albatross

This bird was also connected to someone with a burden, or obstacle, that is said to have "An albatross around their neck".

Question by player noload

Answer: Giraffe

It is the giraffe; an animal anomaly on many accounts. With an adult height that often reaches over 18 feet (5 meters), the giraffe needs a very "strong" heart to circulate its blood through its body. For example, the heart rate of a giraffe can be five times that of an elephant; those ratios can increase when compared after activity (imagine being pursued by a predator). One compensation (overly simplified) is the giraffe has multiple valves in its neck to prevent blood from flowing backwards. Yet, this same intense blood pressure rate would tear the veins in the legs of many other animals but the giraffe has evolved with a skin that is tight and extremely tough.

Although some animals, again, for example the elephant, have larger and/or heavier hearts and/or pump more blood volume than the giraffe, the giraffe's heart is much stronger - a measurement of muscle fiber and density to allow its extremes. Nature is so amazing!

Question by player cowboybluedog

Answer: monkey

Macaques are a group of Old World monkeys and, apart from Man, are the most widespread type of primate. Twenty-two types have been identified, including the famous barbary "apes" of Gibraltar - who are monkeys, rather than apes, even though they don't have tails!

Question by player Dando

Answer: Osprey

An osprey is a large fish-eating eagle, and the chances of seeing one in the wild in London are slim (unless it is very lost or has escaped from a zoo or specialist aviary). The UK's Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) reports that the blackbird, starling and house sparrow are the three most commonly-seen garden birds in the UK, according to its 2010 "Big Garden Birdwatch".

Question by player stedman

Answer: a castrated male chicken

A capon refers to a male chicken, or rooster, that has been castrated. This action is performed because it increases the quality of the bird's flesh for human consumption.

Question by player mayneeyak

Answer: mistle thrush

The mistle thrush is a bird native to northern parts of Africa, Asia and large parts of Europe. The male of the species has a loud and far- carrying song which can traverse even through rainy and windy conditions, thus earning the nickname 'storm cock'.

Question by player renboyski

Answer: Plastron

The plastron is the flat underside part of a turtle's shell located under its abdomen. The plastron is made from bone, making it an exoskeleton. In some species of turtles, the male has a concave plastron and the female a convex one to facilitate mating.

Question by player Joepetz