Nocturnal Animals Trivia Quiz

Answer: Beak

Kiwis tap the ground with their sensitive beaks to disturb worms and insects. They catch their prey by pushing their beaks into the soil. They also eat snails, spiders and berries.

Answer: Bird

Kakapos are birds. Only 90 nocturnal kakapos are left in the entire world and every one has its own name! They live on four small islands near New Zealand where a team of scientists work hard to save them from extinction.

Answer: Night monkey

Owl, or night, monkeys are the only nocturnal monkeys of the Americas. They can see very well in the dark, thanks to their enormous eyes, but they are colour blind.

Answer: Armadillo

An armadillo's eyesight is so bad, they have been known to walk straight into the legs of people standing in their way and they eat almost anything!

Answer: True

Skunks have poor eyesight, but they use their excellent sense of smell to find food in the dark.

Answer: Feet

Cockroaches can feel movement through their feet, which warns them that they need to quickly run undercover to avoid predators.

Answer: Koala

Koalas are bear-like marsupials that spend all day sleeping and all night eating! They eat and sleep in trees and their main food is eucalyptus leaves. Koalas are easy to recognize with their short limbs, stocky bodies and leathery noses.

Answer: Red fox

The red fox lives in many different habitats, including forests, deserts, grasslands, scrub, and plains. Many live in the area where forest meets farmland. Red foxes are found in Europe, Asia, Australia, North America, and the far north of Africa.

Answer: Flying fox

Fruit bats are also known as flying foxes. They are nocturnal plant-eating bats. During the day, they roost, hanging upside down by their feet from the tree branches, in groups that sometimes number several thousand!

Answer: False

Snow leopards are fast runners, good swimmers and excellent climbers. They often hide their food in trees. The leopard's call sounds like a raspy cough, not a roar.