Cat Burglars Trivia Quiz

Answer: Bobcat

Bobcats are very small big cats; they are only about twice the size of the average house cat. They are very closely related to the lynx. There are 12 subspecies of bobcats, such as the Goodwin and Mearns bobcats.

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Answer: Caterpillar

There are many different species of caterpillar. Each species will become either a butterfly or a moth. A species of caterpillar will only become one type of butterfly or moth, however. For instance, a monarch caterpillar will turn into a monarch butterfly, not a zebra butterfly, or any other kind. When caterpillars grow large enough, they will form a crysalis, or cocoon, and stay in there for a long period of time while they somehow form large wings and become butterflies or moths. They are, appropriately, in the same family as butterflies and moths; Lepidoptera.

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Answer: Cattle

'Cattle' is the plural form of 'cow'. There are many species of cow. There are dairy cattle and beef cattle. Dairy cattle are usually milked. The milk comes from the udder. Beef cattle is where we get a lot of meat here in the US, from hamburgers to steaks to ground beef. The most recognizable cow is white with black spots, a common dairy cow, and it is often joked that a brown cow with black spots is a chocolate milk cow. The bird that feeds off of what the cattle kick up with their hooves is called the cattle egret. I added that they drink water because many people think they drink milk. They produce milk, but do not drink it (except when they are very young).

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Answer: Meerkat

Meerkats are in the mongoose family, and Timon from "The Lion King" is probably the most famous meerkat. His friend is Pumbaa, a warthog. Warthogs are known to enter their burrows bottom first. The meerkat fits the category one step further with its scientific name, SuriCATa suriCATta. They live in the Kalahari desert and in South Africa.

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Answer: Bottlenose Dolphin

Bottlenose dolphins are the most common species of dolphin known. Flipper is the famous bottlenose dolphin on TV and in movies I was alluding to. It is interesting to know that technically, Tursiops truncatus is the common bottlenose dolphin, as there are now two species of bottlenose dolphins, the second being Tursiops aduncus, or the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin.

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Answer: Catfish

Catfish are usually bottom dwellers, where they eat dead matter on the bottom of the ocean or lake floor, so they are called detritivores. They range in size greatly from the smaller candiru, which is only a few inches in length, to the Mekong giant catfish, which can weigh over a quarter of a ton. The largest ever caught was nearly nine feet and 650 pounds! The catfish is named so because they have whiskerlike appendages on their face, much like our beloved feline.

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Answer: Oystercatcher

The oystercatcher's beak is perfect for opening shells of clams, mussels, oysters, and other molluscs, but they can also smash THROUGH the shell to grab their meal! Most oystercatchers look basically the same, but the variable oystercatcher is unique. They are variable, so they can be all sorts of colors, like the blue variable oystercatcher.

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Answer: Cockatoo

The cockatoo is from the order Psittaciformes. The cockatiel is a smaller subspecies of the cockatoo. The largest cockatoo, the palm cockatoo, can grow longer than most macaws and parrots! 'Old' in Malay is tua, and 'sister' in Malay is kakak. When you put these together, it makes kakak tua, or kaka tua, which is where the name 'cockatoo' comes from.

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Answer: Cockatiel

Yes, I had two cockatoo questions, sue me. ;-) The cockatiel is the smallest member of the cockatoo family, although there was once much debate as to whether it was actually a cockatoo or not. The full scientific name of the cockatiel is Nymphicus hollandicus.

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Answer: Katydid

Just like crickets and grasshoppers, katydids make a lot of noise. They are not, however, related to cicadas, which seem to make even more noise. There are over 250 species of katydids in North America alone!

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