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Animals 🦁 Flashcards

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What is the collective term for a group of crows?

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A murder

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What is the term for a group of fish?

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A school

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Which animal has the longest ears?

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African elephant

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Which animal is the heaviest land mammal?

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African elephant

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Which animal has the longest gestation period? ⭐️

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African elephant (22 months)

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

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African grey parrot

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Which is the only continent without native snakes?

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Antarctica

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Which animal has the longest tongue relative to body size?

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Anteater

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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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Which bird is known for migrating the longest distance?

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Arctic Tern (+ 40’000 km)

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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?

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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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What is the only mammal capable of echolocation?

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Bat

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15
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What is the only mammal that can fly?

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Bat

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16
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Which animal has the best hearing?

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Bat

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17
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What is the smallest species of bird?

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Bee hummingbird

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18
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What is the fastest marine animal?

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Black marlin (+130km/h)

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

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Blue whale

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

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Blue-black

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21
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What is the longest-living species of mammal?

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Bowhead whale (+200 years)

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22
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What is the most poisonous animal on Earth?

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Box jellyfish

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23
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What is the smallest mammal?

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Bumblebee bat

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

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Camel

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

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Chameleon

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26
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What is the fastest land animal? ⭐️

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Cheetah (120km/h)

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27
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What is the largest species of amphibian?

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Chinese giant salamander

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28
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Which animal is capable of changing its gender?

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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? ⭐️

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Cockroach (decentralized nervous system)

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31
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Which animal has the strongest grip strength?

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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?

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Cuttlefish

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34
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Which animal can hold its breath the longest underwater?

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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?

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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?

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Dairy cow

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37
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What is the name of the first cloned animal?

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Dolly the Sheep

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38
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What animal is known to have the fastest reflexes?

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Dragonfly

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

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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?

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Electric eel

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41
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Which animal has the best sense of smell?

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Elephant (can detect water km away)

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42
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Which animal has the thickest skin?

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Elephant (its skin can +7cm thick)

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43
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What animal has the largest vocal cords?

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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?

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Emperor penguin

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

A

Giant squid

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46
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What animal has the highest blood pressure?

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Giraffe

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47
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Which animal has the longest tail?

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Giraffe

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48
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Which is the only mammal born with horns?

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Giraffe (horns are soft at birth and harden later)

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49
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What animal is known for having the longest lifespan?

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Greenland shark (+400 years)

50
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What animal is known for having an “8th sense” (ability to detect the Earth’s magnetic field)?

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Homing pigeon

51
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What is the fastest insect?

A

Horsefly (145km/h)

52
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Which mammal can produce the most offspring in a single litter?

A

House mouse

53
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Which animal produces the most offspring in a single litter? ⭐️

A

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

54
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What is the only bird that can fly backward?

A

Hummingbird

55
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What animal has the most complex vocalizations?

A

Humpback whale

56
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What is the most venomous snake?

A

Inland taipan

57
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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
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What is the term for a baby kangaroo?

59
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Which animal has the most powerful kick?

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

60
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Which animal can leap the furthest?

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

61
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Which animal can live without drinking water?

A

Kangaroo rat

62
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What animal can go the longest without water?

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Kangaroo rat (can survive for weeks without water)

63
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What is the term for a baby goat?

64
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What is the only bird known to have a sense of smell?

65
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Which animal has fingerprints almost identical to humans?

66
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What animal can sleep the longest?

A

Koala (+22 hours a day)

67
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What is the largest species of lizard? ⭐️

A

Komodo dragon

68
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Which animal is capable of self-cloning?

A

Komodo dragon (can reproduce via parthenogenesis)

69
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What is the largest species of turtle?

A

Leatherback sea turtle

70
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Which animal can sleep for up to three years at a time?

71
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What animal is capable of producing the loudest sound relative to its size?

A

Male cicada

72
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What animal can see with almost 360-degree vision / sharpest vision / widest range of colours? ⭐️

A

Mantis shrimp

73
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Which animal has the shortest lifespan?

A

Mayly (only lives for 24h as an adult)

74
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What animal can detect the Earth’s magnetic field?

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Migratory birds

75
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Which animal has the longest migration?

A

Monarch butterfly

76
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Which animal is the most dangerous to humans based on fatalities?

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Mosquito (due to the spread of diseases like malaria)

77
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Which fish is capable of walking on land?

A

Mudskipper

78
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Which animal has the largest teeth?

A

Narwhal (its tusk is a giant tooth)

79
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What is the term for animals that are active during the night?

80
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Which animal has the most complex nervous system? ⭐️

81
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What animal is known for its ability to “play dead”?

82
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What is the heaviest bird that cannot fly?

83
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Which animal is known for producing the largest egg?

84
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What is the only mammal with scales?

85
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What is the fastest bird in the world?

A

Peregrine Falcon

86
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Which animal holds the record for the fastest flying speed?

A

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

87
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What is the term for a group of whales?

88
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Which animal has the longest tail relative to its body size?

A

Rat-tailed maggot

89
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Which bird has the fastest wingbeat?

A

Ruby-throated hummingbird

90
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Which animal has the most powerful bite force?

A

Saltwater crocodile

91
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Which is the largest living reptile?

A

Saltwater crocodile

92
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Which mammal has the densest fur in the animal kingdom?

A

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

93
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What animal has the smallest heart relative to body size?

94
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What is the largest species of cat?

A

Siberian tiger

95
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Which animal has the most teeth?

A

Snail (some have +25’000 teeth)

96
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What animal has the most bones in its body?

A

Snake (some have +400 bones)

97
Q

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

A

Spectacled bear

98
Q

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

A

Sperm whale

99
Q

Which animal produces the smallest egg?

A

Stingless bee

100
Q

What is the only marsupial that can glide?

A

Sugar glider

101
Q

Which animal can survive without oxygen the longest?

A

Tardigrade

102
Q

What animal can survive in the vacuum of space?

A

Tardigrade (water bear)

103
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Which animal has the largest eyes in proportion to its body?

A

Tarsier (a small primate)

104
Q

Which animal is the largest carnivorous marsupial?

A

Tasmanian devil

105
Q

What is the largest species of insect?

A

Titan beetle

106
Q

What animal has the longest lifespan in captivity?

A

Tortoise (+177 years)

107
Q

What animal can live for decades without eating?

A

Tortoise (some live +100 years without much food)

108
Q

Which species of jellyfish is considered biologically immortal?

A

Turritopsis dohrnii

109
Q

Which bird has the largest wingspan?

A

Wandering albatross

110
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What animal is capable of regrowing its heart?

111
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What is the term for a group of frogs?

112
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How many wings does a bee have? ⭐

113
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How many brains does a leech have? ⭐

114
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What animal is believed to never develop illnesses or cancer?

115
Q

With what animals do dolphins play to get high? ⭐

A

Pufferfish

116
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What is the largest rodent in the world? ⭐

117
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What is the loudest shrimp? ⭐

A

Pistol shrimp

118
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What is the only fish that can blink with both eyes? ⭐

119
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Where does the dodo come from? ⭐

120
Q

What is the largest species of brown bear? ⭐

A

Kodiak bear

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