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World's Meanest Animals Trivia Quiz

It's not exactly possible for animals to be mean, but here are some that come pretty close. Some questions are harder than others.

A multiple-choice quiz by zokomakatu. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
zokomakatu

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
195,131

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
2009

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. We start with an animal that can be four times larger than its prey...the great white shark. A primary staple of the diet of a fully grown adult consists of which of these? Hint

Smaller sharks

Sea turtles

Seals

Dolphins

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Question 2 of 10

2. There are many animals in the African savanna that could be considered mean, but only one has been officially dubbed "the meanest animal in Africa." What is it called? Hint

hyena

honey badger

lion

elephant

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Question 3 of 10

3. This reptile averages about 13 feet in length and kills large prey by drowning it. Hint

Hellbender

Anaconda

Nile crocodile

Komodo dragon

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Question 4 of 10

4. Cod like to feed on octopus, but the octopus usually fights back. When is an adult octopus most vulnerable? Hint

After her eggs hatch

When sleeping

When feeding

While guarding her eggs

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Question 5 of 10

5. The killer whale is often called "the ultimate ocean predator." Which of the following is NOT something killer whales do when hunting? Hint

Beaching themselves to catch seals on the shore

Tossing seals in the air before killing them

Stunning smaller prey with sonar

Tipping ice floes to knock penguins into the water

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Question 6 of 10

6. If a cuckoo lays an egg in another bird's nest, and the other bird doesn't take care of the cuckoo chick, the cuckoo may destroy the other bird's nest.

True

False

7. A swarm of thirty Japanese giant hornets can fly at speeds of up to 25 mph, and can travel 60 miles in a day. A swarm of thirty can destroy thirty thousand honeybees in three hours. They get their incredible stamina from a substance secreted by their larvae called "VAAM." What does VAAM stand for? Hint

Vespid Activity Accession Mixture

Vespa Amino Acid Mixture

Vespa Allowance Amplifying Milk

Vespa Amino Acid Mass

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Question 8 of 10

8. In 2001, filmmakers in Kenya's Mzima Spring witnessed a bull hippopotamus attacking and killing a rival male. What was unusual about this? Hint

He later ate the rival's corpse

The rival was not a hippo

The rival was his own father

The rival was a calf

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of these birds harasses other birds until they vomit up their most recently eaten meal? Hint

Skua

Crow

Northern fulmar

Great horned owl

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Question 10 of 10

10. The green-striped fluke is able to control the mind of its victims. What is a green-striped fluke? Hint

A worm

There is no such thing

A crustacean

A protozoan

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. We start with an animal that can be four times larger than its prey...the great white shark. A primary staple of the diet of a fully grown adult consists of which of these?

Answer: Seals

Unique among sharks, great whites feed almost exclusively on seals and sea lions. In some places, they attack so vigorously that they can actually jump entirely out of the water.

2. There are many animals in the African savanna that could be considered mean, but only one has been officially dubbed "the meanest animal in Africa." What is it called?

Answer: honey badger

The honey badger will tear apart beehives to get at the honey inside, but will also eat small antelope. When attacked, they have been rumored to always go for the groin of the attacker.

3. This reptile averages about 13 feet in length and kills large prey by drowning it.

Answer: Nile crocodile

Anacondas grow much larger than 13 feet, and kill their prey by constriction. Komodo dragons only grow that large in captivity, and their main diet is carrion. They will prey on smaller animals but don't kill by drowning. The hellbender isn't even a reptile: it's a large North American salamander.

4. Cod like to feed on octopus, but the octopus usually fights back. When is an adult octopus most vulnerable?

Answer: After her eggs hatch

After an octopus lays her eggs, she won't even leave the den to feed herself. Needless to say, by the time the eggs hatch, she is too weak to defend herself, which is usually when she gets eaten by cod.

5. The killer whale is often called "the ultimate ocean predator." Which of the following is NOT something killer whales do when hunting?

Answer: Stunning smaller prey with sonar

Only sperm whales have been known to stun prey with sonar.

6. If a cuckoo lays an egg in another bird's nest, and the other bird doesn't take care of the cuckoo chick, the cuckoo may destroy the other bird's nest.

Answer: True

European scientists once removed cuckoo eggs from a magpie nest. A few days later, the cuckoos had destroyed every single magpie nest in the area.

Answer: Vespa Amino Acid Mixture

VAAM can also be made into a performance-enhancing sports drink.

8. In 2001, filmmakers in Kenya's Mzima Spring witnessed a bull hippopotamus attacking and killing a rival male. What was unusual about this?

Answer: The rival was a calf

This sort of infanticide in hippos has only been seen a handful of times in the last fifty years.

9. Which of these birds harasses other birds until they vomit up their most recently eaten meal?

Answer: Skua

They will grab other seabirds and hold them in the water until they vomit out of fear.

10. The green-striped fluke is able to control the mind of its victims. What is a green-striped fluke?

Answer: A worm

Not only do these flatworms force their snail hosts to climb to the tops of plants in broad daylight, they also make the snail's eyestalks look like caterpillars. This makes the snails sitting ducks for hungry birds, which the flukes need to be inside of to complete their reproductive cycles.

Source: Author zokomakatu

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