Animals in the Dark Night! Trivia Quiz

Answer: raccoon

Raccoons are mammals that are usually nocturnal. They are smart and have a great sense of touch. Their paws have no webbing between them, but they can swim well. Females typically have litter sizes of two to four kits at a time. Some people do not care for raccoons as they can cause trouble by getting into trash, and by eating pet chickens or ducks and their eggs.

They are mostly hunted for their fur.

Answer: red-nosed vampire bat

Vampire bats have thermoreceptors on their noses that help them locate blood that is close to the surface of their prey's skin. These bats can only survive about two days without consuming blood. If they feed from an animal with fur, they will actually use their teeth to shave off some hair.

Their saliva has an affect on blood clotting, and the constriction of blood vessels near the wound. A red-nosed vampire bat is not a real bat.

Answer: No

When an opossum is threatened sometimes they will collapse, as if, dead, and it is an involuntary response to danger. They will appear dead but they are actually unconscious. Their mouth is usually open, and they may foam at the mouth, and also expel a stinky liquid from their anal glands. You never know when they will regain consciousness, it can last from minutes to a few hours.

Answer: No

A bilby's gestation period is very short, lasting only about 12 to 14 days. They are a desert dwelling marsupial. Another interesting thing is that they don't need to drink water because they get it from their food. They are nocturnal and they are good at burrowing. They have long tails and large ears. They find most of their food by digging in the dirt, and by using their long tongue.

Answer: popcorn

The binturong is native to South and Southeast Asia. The male and female have scent glands next to the anus, which they use as a way to communicate. The scent that they give off from their glands is comparable to the scent of popcorn. They are also good climbers and use their long prehensile tails to help them navigate.

Answer: aye-aye

The aye-aye is a lemur, native to Madagascar. It uses a method of tapping on trees, called percussive foraging, to locate grubs. Once it finds a spot where a grub is hidden, it chews a small hole into the tree and uses the slender finger to extract the meal. It spends most of its time up high in the trees.

Answer: Yes

Cougars are beautiful and agile animals. They are also known as the mountain lion, catamount, panther, and puma. They hunt by ambushing, and delivering a bite to the back of the neck after leaping on their prey. Females rear their young, and both males and females are known for being solitary. Males and females meet for breeding, and once the mating has taken place, the male leaves and continues his solitary lifestyle.

Answer: rabbit

The tapeti, also known as Brazilian cottontail, is a species of rabbit. They feed mostly on grasses. They are considered solitary and mostly nocturnal. They build nests on the ground for their young. They are also a carrier of the myxoma virus, which can lead to benign skin tumors. If the myxoma virus is passed on, it can lead to myxomatosis in European rabbits, causing death usually within two weeks.

It can be spread by flea or mosquito bites, so it's easily transmitted.

Answer: insects

The aardwolf is an insect eating mammal native to East and Southern Africa. Aardwolves eat mainly termites, and their long sticky tongues come in handy for that purpose. They don't ruin the termite mound, and they also don't eat every termite at each mound. They leave some so that they can return again for another meal.

Answer: their tail is not prehensile

The kinkajou is a rainforest mammal, native to Central and South America. They are hunted for the pet trade and for their fur. Their long tongue is used to eat the inside of diffrent fruits, and also to extract nectar from flowers. They spend a lot of time in trees, and have a fully prehensile tail.