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Animals Flashcards

1
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Longest lifespan

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Giant tortoise 150 years

Longer than blue whale

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2
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Fastest flying bird

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Peregrine falcon
Dives at 200 mph
Found on every continent except antarctica

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3
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Smallest mammal

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Bumblebee bat
Lives on river kwai in Thailand
1.2 inches

Sometimes considered to be Savi’s pygmy shrew

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4
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Most poisonous spider

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Brazilian wandering spider

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5
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Only bird that can fly backwards or upside down

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Hummingbird

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6
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Animal with highest blood pressure

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Giraffe, because of long neck

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7
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Largest known ant colony

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3700 miles

North Italy to Atlantic spain

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8
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Largest of Great apes

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Mountain gorilla

Rwanda, Uganda, Zaire

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9
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Organ accounts for 30% sharks body mass

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Liver - filled with oil for buoyancy, unlike fish which have gas filled swim bladder

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10
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Bottlenose dolphins have been taught to

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Guard nuclear arsenal’s, find enemy swimmers, locate underwater mines

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11
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Animal with strongest bite

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Hippo

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12
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What colour is spiders blood

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Blue - contains hemicyanin containing copper

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13
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Kangaroo rat can go it’s whole life without…

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Drinking water - get it from metabolising seeds

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14
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Squirrels can be dropped from what height without dying

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Any - can survive terminal velocity

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15
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Closest living relative of crocodiles

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Birds - common ancestor archosaur

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16
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Only dog breed that can’t bark

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Basenji - African hunting dog

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17
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Which turtle can’t retract into its shell

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Sea turtle

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18
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How do geckos stick to walls

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Microscopic hair get so close to contours that van der waals forces kick in

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19
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A rodents what never stop growing

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Teeth

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20
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Collective nouns for alligators

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Congregation

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21
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Dog sweats through which body part

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Paws

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22
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Which animals stripes are on skin as well as fur

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Tiger

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23
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What colour is polar bears skin

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Black

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24
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What are horns of rhino made from

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Hair

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25
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Only mammal that can’t jump

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Elephant

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26
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Animal can move its eyes independently

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Chameleon

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27
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How do snakes smell

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Their tongue

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28
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Largest snake

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Anaconda

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29
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Largest frog

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Goliath frog

30
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What is axolotl

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Water dwelling salamander

Doesn’t undergo metamorphosis

31
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Which amphibian has a tail

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Salamander

32
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Collective nouns for frogs

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Army, colony, knot

33
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Most poisonous frog

A

Golden dart frog

34
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Which butterfly migrates

35
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How many eyes do caterpillars have

36
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First living creature to be sent to space

A

Fruit flies in v2 rocket

37
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How many stages of metamorphosis do most insects go through

38
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Which us president kept raccoons in white house

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Calvin Coolidge

39
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Collective nouns for parrots

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Pandemonium

40
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Only type of animal with ability to live forever

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Type of jellyfish

41
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Where are butterflies taste buds

42
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Which animal can only eat upside down

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Flamingoes

43
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How many brains does octopus have

44
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Colour of newborn flamingoes

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White then grey

45
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Two mammals that lay eggs

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Anteater and duck billed platypus

46
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Collective nouns elephants

47
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Collective nouns giraffes

48
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Collective nouns camels

49
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Collective nouns owls

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Parliament

50
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Collective nouns porcupines

51
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Where does frog respire

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Skin - needs to be kept moist

52
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Thickest fur of any mammal

53
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Female elephant

54
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Female zebra

55
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Which bird can’t move their eyeballs

56
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Collective nouns kittens

57
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Oldest surviving mammal species

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Echidna and platypus (monotremes) fossils from 220m years ago

58
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Animal with shortest pregnancy

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Opossum- 18 days

59
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Which Paul McCartney sing was about a dog

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Martha my dear

60
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Which film is ‘I gotta go, we got cows’ from

61
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Where does name hippopotamus come from

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Horse of the river in ancient greek

62
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Camelopard is old English name for which animal

63
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In Puerto Rico, children leave grass under their bed at Christmas for which animal

64
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What animal does mohair come from

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Angora goat

65
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Where do demersal fish live

A

Near bottom of sea

66
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Only animal that can stand on its tail

67
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What is the domestic cavy

A

Guinea pig

68
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Which honeybees can mate with queen

69
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What us horse with reo different coloured patches

70
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What type of animal is karakul

71
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Leveret are babies of which animal

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