"P" Critters Trivia Quiz

Answer: Emperor

The Emperor penguin is the heaviest and tallest of the penguins. Like all penguins this semiaquatic bird is predominantly black and white. They are the only penguin species that breeds during the Antarctic winter.

Answer: Puma

The cougar is an ambush predator that pursues a wide variety of prey. It is also called a mountain lion, panther, and catamount. It is a large beautiful cat found in most of North and South America.

Answer: China

Pangolins have large, protective keratin scales covering their skin. They live in hollow trees or burrows and live in Africa and Asia. Pangolins are nocturnal, and they eat mainly ants and termites. They are solitary animals, meeting only to mate and produce a litter of one to three offspring.

Answer: Pig

The peccary is a wild pig found mostly in South America. Being omnivores, they eat almost anything. Herds of peccaries were maintained by the ancient Mayan people for food.

Answer: Blood and meat

The piranha is a type of freshwater fish found in the rivers of the South American jungles. The piranha has a single row of razor-sharp teeth and are most commonly known for their taste for blood.

Answer: China

The panda is a bear native to south central China. It is solitary animal and very rare. The Chinese love their bear and are going to great lengths to save it. Pandas eat bamboo almost exclusively. Unusually, they have five fingers and a thumb.

Answer: Parrot

Parrots are birds that have by colorful feathers, powerful hooked bills, and feet with two forward-pointing and two rear-pointing toes. Most of these birds are found in tropical and subtropical regions. They are known for their ability to mimic human speech.

Answer: Pika

The pika is found in Asia and North America. They have short limbs, very round bodies, and no external tail. They live in cold mountainous regions where they store grass and plants for food in their underground dens.

Answer: Worms

The platypus is a marsupial native to Australia. This semiaquatic creature has a duck-shaped mouth, beaver tail, stubby webbed feet and fur like a mole. It eats aquatic creatures such as shrimp, annelid worms and insect larvae.

Answer: Peafowl

This animal is a peafowl. The male is called a peacock (which is what is shown in the picture) and the female is a peahen. They eat insects, lizards and plant matter. The peafowl is a national symbol of India.