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Quiz! Quiz! Quiz!

1) What sea animals may have evolved from the same ancestors as the elephants?
a) Whales 
b) Elephant seals
c) Manatees 
d) Dolphins

Photo of Elephant Herd 

 
  

2) These flightless birds lay eggs in a communal nest, and the males are in charge of incubating the eggs.
a) Chickens and ducks 
b) Ostriches and flamingos
c) Condors and eagles 
d) Rheas and emus 

Photo of bird eggs 

 
  

3) The white Bengal tiger at Miami MetroZoo is an example of:
a) Mutation within a species  
b) Albinism
c) A common disease among tigers 
d) Sexual dimorphism

Photo of white Bengal tigers at Miami MetroZoo 

  

4) A giraffe and a person have the same number of neck and back bones. 

 
a) True 
b) False

Photo of giraffe 

 
  

5) A turtle's shell is just like a house. The turtle can go in and out of shell whenever it wants to.
 
a) True 
b) False
  

Photo of turtle 

 
  

6) A Caribbean Flamingo's feathers get their color from the bird's diet of 
a) Red fruits and berries 
b) Carrots 
c) Tiny crustaceans 
d) Pink Bahamas earthworms

Photo of flamingo 

  
 

7) A box turtle is called that because
a) It has a hinge on its plastron (its belly) that seals off its shell  
b) Ornaments such as jewelry boxes were once made from its scales 
c) Rival males "box" fight over females.

Photo of Eastern Box Turtle 

 
   

8) The King Snake: 
a) Got its name from its ability to eat poisonous snakes and be bitten by them without harm 
b) Got its name from the crown-shaped marking on its head 
c) Can grow over 10 feet 
d) Eats nothing but bird eggs.

Photo of King Snake 

  
  

9) You can most easily tell the difference between Indian and African elephants by looking at their 
a) Tail tips 
b) Color  
c) Ears  
d) Eyes

 

  
  

10) This creature's name means "ghost" in its native country of Madagascar, and it can be seen sunbathing on warm days.
a) White-handed gibbon
b) Lemur 
c) Albino python
d) White-backed vulture

  


 

    

 

  

 

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