Animals 🦁 Flashcards

1
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What is the collective term for a group of crows?

A

A murder

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What is the term for a group of fish?

A

A school

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3
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Which animal has the longest ears?

A

African elephant

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4
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Which animal is the heaviest land mammal?

A

African elephant

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5
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Which animal has the longest gestation period? ⭐️

A

African elephant (22 months)

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6
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Which bird is known for being able to mimic human speech?

A

African grey parrot

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7
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Which is the only continent without native snakes?

A

Antarctica

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8
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Which animal has the longest tongue relative to body size?

A

Anteater

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9
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Which animal has the largest population on Earth?

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Ants (estimated 10’000 trillion ants)

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10
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Which bird is known for migrating the longest distance?

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Arctic Tern (+ 40’000 km)

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11
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Which animal is known for living in colonies of millions?

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Argentine ant

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12
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What animal can regenerate its brain / lost limbs?

A

Axolotl

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13
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What is the fastest-growing plant in the world?

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Bamboo (can grow up to 90cm per day)

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14
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What is the only mammal capable of echolocation?

A

Bat

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15
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What is the only mammal that can fly?

A

Bat

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16
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Which animal has the best hearing?

A

Bat

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17
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What is the smallest species of bird?

A

Bee hummingbird

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18
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What is the fastest marine animal?

A

Black marlin (+130km/h)

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19
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Which animal has the largest heart in relation to its size?

A

Blue whale

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20
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What is the color of the tongue of a giraffe? ⭐️

A

Blue-black

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21
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What is the longest-living species of mammal?

A

Bowhead whale (+200 years)

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22
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What is the most poisonous animal on Earth?

A

Box jellyfish

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23
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What is the smallest mammal?

A

Bumblebee bat

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24
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Which animal is known as the “ship of the desert”?

A

Camel

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25
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Which animal has the longest tongue relative to body size?

A

Chameleon

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26
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What is the fastest land animal? ⭐️

A

Cheetah (120km/h)

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27
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What is the largest species of amphibian?

A

Chinese giant salamander

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28
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Which animal is capable of changing its gender?

A

Clownfish

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29
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Which animal can live the longest without food?

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Cockroach (can live for weeks without food)

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30
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Which animal can live without a head for several days? ⭐️

A

Cockroach (decentralized nervous system)

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31
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Which animal has the strongest grip strength?

A

Coconut crab

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32
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What is the fastest bird in level flight?

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Common swift (can reach speeds +170km/h)

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33
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Which animal has the most effective camouflage?

A

Cuttlefish

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34
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Which animal can hold its breath the longest underwater?

A

Cuvier’s beaked whale (can hold its breath for 138 min)

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35
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Which species of whale can hold its breath the longest underwater?

A

Cuvier’s beaked whale (+2h)

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36
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What animal can produce the most milk in a single day?

A

Dairy cow

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37
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What is the name of the first cloned animal?

A

Dolly the Sheep

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38
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What animal is known to have the fastest reflexes?

A

Dragonfly

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39
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What animal has the greatest strength in relation to its size?

A

Dung beetle (+1000x its body weight)

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40
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Which animal is known for its ability to produce electric shocks?

A

Electric eel

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41
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Which animal has the best sense of smell?

A

Elephant (can detect water km away)

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42
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Which animal has the thickest skin?

A

Elephant (its skin can +7cm thick)

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43
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What animal has the largest vocal cords?

A

Elephant (whose low-frequency calls are vital for communication)

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44
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What is the largest species of penguin?

A

Emperor penguin

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45
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What animal has the largest eyes in the animal kingdom?

A

Giant squid

46
Q

What animal has the highest blood pressure?

A

Giraffe

47
Q

Which animal has the longest tail?

A

Giraffe

48
Q

Which is the only mammal born with horns?

A

Giraffe (horns are soft at birth and harden later)

49
Q

What animal is known for having the longest lifespan?

A

Greenland shark (+400 years)

50
Q

What animal is known for having an “8th sense” (ability to detect the Earth’s magnetic field)?

A

Homing pigeon

51
Q

What is the fastest insect?

A

Horsefly (145km/h)

52
Q

Which mammal can produce the most offspring in a single litter?

A

House mouse

53
Q

Which animal produces the most offspring in a single litter? ⭐️

A

House mouse (can have 10-12 babies per litter)

54
Q

What is the only bird that can fly backward?

A

Hummingbird

55
Q

What animal has the most complex vocalizations?

A

Humpback whale

56
Q

What is the most venomous snake?

A

Inland taipan

57
Q

What extinct species of tiger, native to Indonesia, was believed to have a venomous bite due to its highly toxic saliva? ⭐️

A

Javan tiger

58
Q

What is the term for a baby kangaroo?

A

Joey

59
Q

Which animal has the most powerful kick?

A

Kangaroo (can kick with a force of +350kg)

60
Q

Which animal can leap the furthest?

A

Kangaroo (can leap +10m in a single bound)

61
Q

Which animal can live without drinking water?

A

Kangaroo rat

62
Q

What animal can go the longest without water?

A

Kangaroo rat (can survive for weeks without water)

63
Q

What is the term for a baby goat?

A

Kid

64
Q

What is the only bird known to have a sense of smell?

A

Kiwi

65
Q

Which animal has fingerprints almost identical to humans?

A

Koala

66
Q

What animal can sleep the longest?

A

Koala (+22 hours a day)

67
Q

What is the largest species of lizard?

A

Komodo dragon

68
Q

Which animal is capable of self-cloning?

A

Komodo dragon (can reproduce via parthenogenesis)

69
Q

What is the largest species of turtle?

A

Leatherback sea turtle

70
Q

What type of animal is a Komodo dragon? ⭐️

A

Lizard

71
Q

Which animal can sleep for up to three years at a time?

A

Lungfish

72
Q

What animal is capable of producing the loudest sound relative to its size?

A

Male cicada

73
Q

What animal can see with almost 360-degree vision / sharpest vision / widest range of colours? ⭐️

A

Mantis shrimp

74
Q

Which animal has the shortest lifespan?

A

Mayly (only lives for 24h as an adult)

75
Q

What animal can detect the Earth’s magnetic field?

A

Migratory birds

76
Q

Which animal has the longest migration?

A

Monarch butterfly

77
Q

Which animal is the most dangerous to humans based on fatalities?

A

Mosquito (due to the spread of diseases like malaria)

78
Q

Which fish is capable of walking on land?

A

Mudskipper

79
Q

Which animal has the largest teeth?

A

Narwhal (its tusk is a giant tooth)

80
Q

What is the term for animals that are active during the night?

A

Nocturnal

81
Q

Which animal has the most complex nervous system? ⭐️

A

Octopus

82
Q

What animal is known for its ability to “play dead”?

A

Opossum

83
Q

What is the heaviest bird that cannot fly?

A

Ostrich

84
Q

Which animal is known for producing the largest egg?

A

Ostrich

85
Q

What is the only mammal with scales?

A

Pangolin

86
Q

What is the fastest bird in the world?

A

Peregrine Falcon

87
Q

Which animal holds the record for the fastest flying speed?

A

Peregrine falcon (can dive at speeds up to 240 mph)

88
Q

What is the term for a group of whales?

A

Pod

89
Q

Which animal has the longest tail relative to its body size?

A

Rat-tailed maggot

90
Q

Which bird has the fastest wingbeat?

A

Ruby-throated hummingbird

91
Q

Which animal has the most powerful bite force?

A

Saltwater crocodile

92
Q

Which is the largest living reptile?

A

Saltwater crocodile

93
Q

Which mammal has the densest fur in the animal kingdom?

A

Sea otter (+165’000 hairs per square cm)

94
Q

What animal has the smallest heart relative to body size?

A

Shrew

95
Q

What is the largest species of cat?

A

Siberian tiger

96
Q

Which animal has the most teeth?

A

Snail (some have +25’000 teeth)

97
Q

What animal has the most bones in its body?

A

Snake (some have +400 bones)

98
Q

What is the only species of bear that is native to South America?

A

Spectacled bear

99
Q

What animal has the largest brain in the animal kingdom? ⭐️

A

Sperm whale

100
Q

Which animal produces the smallest egg?

A

Stingless bee

101
Q

What is the only marsupial that can glide?

A

Sugar glider

102
Q

Which animal can survive without oxygen the longest?

A

Tardigrade

103
Q

What animal can survive in the vacuum of space?

A

Tardigrade (water bear)

104
Q

Which animal has the largest eyes in proportion to its body?

A

Tarsier (a small primate)

105
Q

Which animal is the largest carnivorous marsupial?

A

Tasmanian devil

106
Q

What is the largest species of insect?

A

Titan beetle

107
Q

What animal has the longest lifespan in captivity?

A

Tortoise (+177 years)

108
Q

What animal can live for decades without eating?

A

Tortoise (some live +100 years without much food)

109
Q

Which species of jellyfish is considered biologically immortal?

A

Turritopsis dohrnii

110
Q

Which bird has the largest wingspan?

A

Wandering albatross

111
Q

What animal is capable of regrowing its heart?

A

Zebrafish

112
Q

What is the term for a group of frogs?

A

An army