True or False: Sloths only defecate once a month
Actually, they do it about once a week
True or False: Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood.
True or False: The Andean Condor has the largest wingspan of any bird
A wandering albatross has the largest wingspan of any bird - 11.5 feet(3.5 meters) tip to wing tip.
True or False: A group of flamingos is called a "flamboyance."
True or False: Elephants can jump
They're not the only ones, sloths can't either, and Rhinos and Hippos can run with all 4 feet off the ground but can't actually jump
True or False: Platypuses can sense electric fields produced by other animals
They have almost 40,000 special cells in their bills called electroreceptors that are activated by the electric fields created by other marine animals' muscles moving - amazing!
True or False: Only female mosquitoes bite humans.
True or False: The largest giant squid ever recorded was over 100 feet (30 meters) long
The largest recorded giant squid was about 43 feet (13 meters) long
True or False: Ostriches bury their heads in the sand when they are scared
Ostriches do not bury their heads in the sand; they lie low and press their necks to the ground when threatened
True or False: The tongue of a blue whale weighs as much as an elephant
True or False: Cheetahs are born without spots
They are born with their spots from the beginning
True or False: A snail can sleep for three years
True or False: Frogs drink water through their skin
True or False: Starfish have brains in their arms
Starfish don't really have brains, just a complex nervous system
True or False: Chameleons change color to blend in with their surroundings
Actually, they primarily change color for communication and temperature regulation
True or False: A newborn kangaroo is about the size of a grape
True or False: A tarantula's bite can cause death in humans
while painful, a tarantula's bite is not lethal to humans
True or False: An ant can lift objects up to 50 times its own body weight
True or False: Bulls get aggressive at the color red
Surprisingly, bulls don't even SEE the color red, they get aggressive due to the matador's movements, so it could be done with any color
True or False: The mantis shrimp can see polarized light and has the most complex visual system known in the animal kingdom
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You did a fine job answering!
Judging by your test results, we have no doubt about you have a lot of love for the animal kingdom and the amazing creatures in it. Because of this, it is not surprising that you have accumulated quite a bit of information about them over the years, so you were able to answer quite a few questions correctly in this challenging quiz. Feel free to check where you went wrong, and of course look for more of our animal trivia quizzes!
Are you an expert?
Based on your impressive test results, we suspect we are dealing with an expert here. If you do not work in the field, then you probably just really like the animal kingdom for all its creatures, and are often interested in it. We take our hat off to you for the high score you received on the test, and call on you to challenge your friends to achieve greatness like yours, and of course to look for more of our quizzes on animals that are especially waiting for you in our quizzes section.
Shai K.
5/30/2024
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