Which Animal am I? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Koala

Koalas live in tall, eucalyptus forests. The only states where you would find koalas naturally in the wild are Queensland, NSW, Victoria and South Australia. Koalas are mostly nocturnal and often sleep 18-20 hours per day. A baby koala is called a joey. The joey stays in its mother's pouch for about six or seven months and drinks only milk during this time.

Answer: Kangaroo

There are four kangaroo species: the red, antilopine, eastern grey, and western grey kangaroo. Kangaroos are the national symbol of Australia and appear on postage stamps, coins, and aircraft. The sex of offspring can be determined by the female. When scared, young kangaroos (joeys) sometimes jump head first into their mother's pouch.

Answer: Echidna

Echidnas are also called spiny anteaters. Their spines are modified hairs. They prefer alpine meadows, coastal forests and interior deserts. Echidnas only eat termites, ants and other soil invertebrates. They typically breed between July and August.

Answer: Platypus

Platypuses can be found in habitats ranging from cold highlands to tropical rainforests. Platypuses are carnivores; they eat worms, shrimp, crayfish, and larvae of insects. They live, sleep, and give birth within tunnels in the riverbank. Platypuses breed between June and October.

Platypuses have no teats. The mother platypus oozes milk from glands on her abdomen and, rather than feeding on teats, the babies suck the milk from her fur.

Answer: Thorny devil

Thorny devils are active during the daylight hours. They are active from March through May and from August through December. Thorny devils hibernate in their burrows. To protect themselves, they have a false head that confuses predators. Their season for reproduction is between August and December. They mainly eat ants and termites, and they live in dry deserts and shrubland.

Answer: Emu

Emus' preferred habitats are grasslands, savannas and open subtropical forest and they avoid deserts. Emus feed on plant and animal matter. They travel long distances when food or water is scarce. Their eggs take around 45-60 days to hatch. The chicks depend on their parents until they are about 18 months old.

Answer: Sugar glider

This species relies on forested areas where they can forage and glide from tree to tree for food. Their habitats must also have dense vegetation to protect them. Sugar gliders eat both plant and animal matter. Sugar gliders have a short gestation period of approximately two weeks, and females give birth to a pair of young, known as "joeys."

Answer: Galah

Galahs are highly sociable and are often seen in huge flocks that number as many as 1,000. Flocks spend much of their time sheltering between shrubs and trees in hot weather. Galahs eat seeds, grains, fruits, nuts, berries, grasses, roots, leaf buds, green shoots, and insects and their larvae. Galahs are monogamous birds and mate for life.

Their reproduction seasons are February through July in the north and July through December in the south. Galahs sometimes breed with other species of cockatoo.

Answer: Possum

Possums prefer to live in woody forests that seasonally shed their leaves. They are commonly found near a source of water. They eat carrion, insects, reptiles, eggs, small animals, plants, and garbage. Possums will give birth after a gestation period of 12-14 days, and 70-125 days later, the young will emerge from the pouch.

Answer: Cassowary

Cassowaries prefer to live in the dense rainforests of New Guinea and northern Australia. Cassowaries love fruit, and most are frugivorous. Cassowaries breed in May; in June, females pick the males with the best territory and lay their eggs in their nests. Females will lay between three and eight green eggs. It takes the eggs 50-52 days to hatch.