Animals 🦁 Flashcards
1
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What is the collective term for a group of crows?
A
A murder
2
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What is the term for a group of fish?
A
A school
3
Q
Which animal has the longest ears?
A
African elephant
4
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Which animal is the heaviest land mammal?
A
African elephant
5
Q
Which animal has the longest gestation period? ⭐️
A
African elephant (22 months)
6
Q
Which bird is known for being able to mimic human speech?
A
African grey parrot
7
Q
Which is the only continent without native snakes?
A
Antarctica
8
Q
Which animal has the longest tongue relative to body size?
A
Anteater
9
Q
Which animal has the largest population on Earth?
A
Ants (estimated 10’000 trillion ants)
10
Q
Which bird is known for migrating the longest distance?
A
Arctic Tern (+ 40’000 km)
11
Q
Which animal is known for living in colonies of millions?
A
Argentine ant
12
Q
What animal can regenerate its brain / lost limbs?
A
Axolotl
13
Q
What is the fastest-growing plant in the world?
A
Bamboo (can grow up to 90cm per day)
14
Q
What is the only mammal capable of echolocation?
A
Bat
15
Q
What is the only mammal that can fly?
A
Bat
16
Q
Which animal has the best hearing?
A
Bat
17
Q
What is the smallest species of bird?
A
Bee hummingbird
18
Q
What is the fastest marine animal?
A
Black marlin (+130km/h)
19
Q
Which animal has the largest heart in relation to its size?
A
Blue whale
20
Q
What is the color of the tongue of a giraffe? ⭐️
A
Blue-black
21
Q
What is the longest-living species of mammal?
A
Bowhead whale (+200 years)
22
Q
What is the most poisonous animal on Earth?
A
Box jellyfish
23
Q
What is the smallest mammal?
A
Bumblebee bat
24
Q
Which animal is known as the “ship of the desert”?
A
Camel
25
Which animal has the longest tongue relative to body size?
Chameleon
26
What is the fastest land animal? ⭐️
Cheetah (120km/h)
27
What is the largest species of amphibian?
Chinese giant salamander
28
Which animal is capable of changing its gender?
Clownfish
29
Which animal can live the longest without food?
Cockroach (can live for weeks without food)
30
Which animal can live without a head for several days? ⭐️
Cockroach (decentralized nervous system)
31
Which animal has the strongest grip strength?
Coconut crab
32
What is the fastest bird in level flight?
Common swift (can reach speeds +170km/h)
33
Which animal has the most effective camouflage?
Cuttlefish
34
Which animal can hold its breath the longest underwater?
Cuvier’s beaked whale (can hold its breath for 138 min)
35
Which species of whale can hold its breath the longest underwater?
Cuvier’s beaked whale (+2h)
36
What animal can produce the most milk in a single day?
Dairy cow
37
What is the name of the first cloned animal?
Dolly the Sheep
38
What animal is known to have the fastest reflexes?
Dragonfly
39
What animal has the greatest strength in relation to its size?
Dung beetle (+1000x its body weight)
40
Which animal is known for its ability to produce electric shocks?
Electric eel
41
Which animal has the best sense of smell?
Elephant (can detect water km away)
42
Which animal has the thickest skin?
Elephant (its skin can +7cm thick)
43
What animal has the largest vocal cords?
Elephant (whose low-frequency calls are vital for communication)
44
What is the largest species of penguin?
Emperor penguin
45
What animal has the largest eyes in the animal kingdom?
Giant squid
46
What animal has the highest blood pressure?
Giraffe
47
Which animal has the longest tail?
Giraffe
48
Which is the only mammal born with horns?
Giraffe (horns are soft at birth and harden later)
49
What animal is known for having the longest lifespan?
Greenland shark (+400 years)
50
What animal is known for having an "8th sense" (ability to detect the Earth's magnetic field)?
Homing pigeon
51
What is the fastest insect?
Horsefly (145km/h)
52
Which mammal can produce the most offspring in a single litter?
House mouse
53
Which animal produces the most offspring in a single litter? ⭐️
House mouse (can have 10-12 babies per litter)
54
What is the only bird that can fly backward?
Hummingbird
55
What animal has the most complex vocalizations?
Humpback whale
56
What is the most venomous snake?
Inland taipan
57
What extinct species of tiger, native to Indonesia, was believed to have a venomous bite due to its highly toxic saliva? ⭐️
Javan tiger
58
What is the term for a baby kangaroo?
Joey
59
Which animal has the most powerful kick?
Kangaroo (can kick with a force of +350kg)
60
Which animal can leap the furthest?
Kangaroo (can leap +10m in a single bound)
61
Which animal can live without drinking water?
Kangaroo rat
62
What animal can go the longest without water?
Kangaroo rat (can survive for weeks without water)
63
What is the term for a baby goat?
Kid
64
What is the only bird known to have a sense of smell?
Kiwi
65
Which animal has fingerprints almost identical to humans?
Koala
66
What animal can sleep the longest?
Koala (+22 hours a day)
67
What is the largest species of lizard? ⭐️
Komodo dragon
68
Which animal is capable of self-cloning?
Komodo dragon (can reproduce via parthenogenesis)
69
What is the largest species of turtle?
Leatherback sea turtle
70
Which animal can sleep for up to three years at a time?
Lungfish
71
What animal is capable of producing the loudest sound relative to its size?
Male cicada
72
What animal can see with almost 360-degree vision / sharpest vision / widest range of colours? ⭐️
Mantis shrimp
73
Which animal has the shortest lifespan?
Mayly (only lives for 24h as an adult)
74
What animal can detect the Earth's magnetic field?
Migratory birds
75
Which animal has the longest migration?
Monarch butterfly
76
Which animal is the most dangerous to humans based on fatalities?
Mosquito (due to the spread of diseases like malaria)
77
Which fish is capable of walking on land?
Mudskipper
78
Which animal has the largest teeth?
Narwhal (its tusk is a giant tooth)
79
What is the term for animals that are active during the night?
Nocturnal
80
Which animal has the most complex nervous system? ⭐️
Octopus
81
What animal is known for its ability to "play dead"?
Opossum
82
What is the heaviest bird that cannot fly?
Ostrich
83
Which animal is known for producing the largest egg?
Ostrich
84
What is the only mammal with scales?
Pangolin
85
What is the fastest bird in the world?
Peregrine Falcon
86
Which animal holds the record for the fastest flying speed?
Peregrine falcon (can dive at speeds up to 240 mph)
87
What is the term for a group of whales?
Pod
88
Which animal has the longest tail relative to its body size?
Rat-tailed maggot
89
Which bird has the fastest wingbeat?
Ruby-throated hummingbird
90
Which animal has the most powerful bite force?
Saltwater crocodile
91
Which is the largest living reptile?
Saltwater crocodile
92
Which mammal has the densest fur in the animal kingdom?
Sea otter (+165'000 hairs per square cm)
93
What animal has the smallest heart relative to body size?
Shrew
94
What is the largest species of cat?
Siberian tiger
95
Which animal has the most teeth?
Snail (some have +25'000 teeth)
96
What animal has the most bones in its body?
Snake (some have +400 bones)
97
What is the only species of bear that is native to South America?
Spectacled bear
98
What animal has the largest brain in the animal kingdom? ⭐️
Sperm whale
99
Which animal produces the smallest egg?
Stingless bee
100
What is the only marsupial that can glide?
Sugar glider
101
Which animal can survive without oxygen the longest?
Tardigrade
102
What animal can survive in the vacuum of space?
Tardigrade (water bear)
103
Which animal has the largest eyes in proportion to its body?
Tarsier (a small primate)
104
Which animal is the largest carnivorous marsupial?
Tasmanian devil
105
What is the largest species of insect?
Titan beetle
106
What animal has the longest lifespan in captivity?
Tortoise (+177 years)
107
What animal can live for decades without eating?
Tortoise (some live +100 years without much food)
108
Which species of jellyfish is considered biologically immortal?
Turritopsis dohrnii
109
Which bird has the largest wingspan?
Wandering albatross
110
What animal is capable of regrowing its heart?
Zebrafish
111
What is the term for a group of frogs?
An army
112
How many wings does a bee have? ⭐
4
113
How many brains does a leech have? ⭐
32
114
What animal is believed to never develop illnesses or cancer?
Sharks
115
With what animals do dolphins play to get high? ⭐
Pufferfish
116
What is the largest rodent in the world? ⭐
Capybara
117
What is the loudest shrimp? ⭐
Pistol shrimp
118
What is the only fish that can blink with both eyes? ⭐
Shark
119
Where does the dodo come from? ⭐
Mauritius
120
What is the largest species of brown bear? ⭐
Kodiak bear
