The animal kingdom is incredibly diverse, blessed with a huge plethora of various animals. Today, we'd like to pit some of these animals in a head-to-head duel with other animals - a head-to-head comparison! It will be up to you to tell us who should win each round. Don't forget to look at your mistakes in the end to see our explanations!
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Which animal has a better sense of smell?
A study found that cows have 2,000 smell genes - far more than dogs, coding for different 'flavors' of smell
Cow
Dog
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Which animal lives longer?
An African ostrich can live to 50 years, while camels live to 40.
Ostrich
Camel
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Which animal has the bigger heart?
The blue whale hands down, with a whopping 400 pound (180 kilos) heart!
Hippopotamus
Blue whale
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Which animal reaches great speeds?
It's close, but with the quarter horse reaching 55 mph (88 kph), the lion would be a bit behind with 50 mph (80 kph)
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Masali lion
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Quarter horse
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Which animal has the longer tail?
Spider monkey wins this one, using its long tail of about 32 inches (81 cm) to hold on to branches, while the lemur has a tail length of about 25 inches (64 cm) which is still very respectable.
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Spider monkey
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Lemur
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Which animal spends more of its day time sleeping?
A koala sleeps between 18-22 hours a day, while a brown-throated sloth sleeps between 14-16 hours a day.
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Brown sloth
Koala
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Which animal has the louder voice?
Very close, but the wolf howl wins, as the volume of a wolf's voice reaches 115 decibels, while the volume of a hyena's voice reaches 112 decibels.
Hyena
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Wolf
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Which animal has the stronger bite?
A gorilla has a bite force of 1,300 PSI (pounds per square inch, a method of measuring pressure), and a grizzly bear 1,160 PSI.
Grizzly Bear
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Gorilla
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Which animal has more stomachs?
The ostrich wins again with three stomachs to the kangaroo's two!
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Kangaroo
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Ostrich
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Which bird has the longest migration on earth?
By far the longest migration known in the animal kingdom, the arctic tern travels 90,000 km (55,923 mi) from pole to pole every year — from Greenland in the North to the Weddell Sea in the South
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Arctic tern
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European rocky
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Which fish is longer?
While lemon sharks can reach 11 feet (3.5 meters) in length, tiger sharks can reach a whopping 16 feet (5 meters) in length.
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Lemon shark
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Tiger shark
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Which animal has the larger brain?
While the hippo has a brain that weighs at about 13 ounces (370 grams), the Rhino brain is about 14-21 ounces (400-600 grams), to compare, humans have a 42-49 ounce (1.2-1.3 kg) brain
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An opportunity for learning...
It seems that your understanding of the animal kingdom and the animal world is not very broad - and that you did not... READ MOREIt seems that your understanding of the animal kingdom and the animal world is not very broad - and that you did not pass this "head-to-head" test correctly. It may be because the answers confused you or that the field of wildlife is more foreign to you than the world of pets for example. Either way, you should open your horizons in this direction as well and delve a little deeper into it by looking at the correct answers.
You managed to do quite well, and you answered most of our "head to head" questions correctly. Although a few others... READ MOREYou managed to do quite well, and you answered most of our "head to head" questions correctly. Although a few others seem to have confused you a bit. Nevertheless you seem to have a broad knowledge of this field and are interested in the living world. You can further expand your horizons in the animal kingdom by checking the correct answers for this quiz, or alternatively by trying to solve the test again to get a better score.
The "head-to-head" champion of the animal kingdom!
You achieved an excellent result on this test, and you seem to have a very broad knowledge of all things related to the... READ MOREYou achieved an excellent result on this test, and you seem to have a very broad knowledge of all things related to the animal world in all its huge variety, as well as the ability to identify which animals excel over others in each of the characteristics we asked about. If you are not an expert zoologist, you can consider a career in the field - because it seems that you are particularly knowledgeable about it!
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