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Strange Animal Rituals

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Strange Animal Rituals game quiz
"Animals do very strange things! What in the world are the unusual things that these animals do? Have fun with this one!"

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. When this creature chooses a mate, he rolls a stone to her feet. Do you know the name of the animal that exhibits this behavior?
    Woodchuck (Marmota monax)
    Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae)
    Indian mongoose (Herpestes nyula)
    Cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus)


2. Some creatures sing songs when they are wanting to mate. Which creature has many different songs for many different reasons?
    Night crawler (Lumbricus terrestris)
    Grasshopper (Melanoplus differentialis)
    Eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus)
    Figeater beetle (Cotinis mutabilis)


3. This particular spider is actually considered to be a lot like a cat when it hunts. Can you identify which spider I am talking about?
    Brazilian yellowbanded tarantula ( Avicularia juruensis)
    Black widow spider (Lactrodectus hesperus)
    California ebony tarantula ( Aphonopelma eutylenum)
    Green lynx spider (Peucetia viridans)


4. There is a very unusual creature which can actually change dry seeds that they eat into water. Do you know which type of animal has this capability?
    Okapi (Okapia johnstoni)
    King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)
    Desert kangaroo rat (Dipodomys heermanni)
    Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta)


5. The round stingray (Urolophus halleri) mates during the months of January to March. The female has a rather unusual way of attracting her mate. How does she accomplish this?
    raises a cloud of sand from the sea bed
    crashes into the male at great speed
    bites the barbs off her own tail
    emits a localized positive electric field


6. While in the water, the male of this animal does many strange things with his snout in order to attract a mate. Which one of these animals displays this odd behavior?
    Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)
    Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
    Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
    Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)


7. This creature starts out its mating ritual by doing a circling dance of nuptials. Can you figure out which odd creature this could be?
    Squid (Loligo duvaucelii)
    Starfish (Asterias forbesii)
    Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
    Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)


8. There is a type of frog which incubates its young inside its stomach. Do you know which type of frog is capable of this?
    Gastric brooding frog (Rheobatrachus silus)
    Spadefoot toad (Scaphiopus couchi)
    Canyon treefrog (Hyla arenicolor)
    Colorado River toad (Bufo alvarius)


9. There is an intriguing rodent who communicates through scent and barking noises. All of the babies of this species suckle from different females in the group. What type of rodent shares in this nursing procedure?
    Chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera)
    Capybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris)
    Degu (Octodon cummingi)
    Great jerboa (Allactaga major)


10. There is a species of wasp which inflicts a slow death to a victim who will be used for food. Name the type of wasp which is so murderous.
    Southern yellowjacket wasp (Vespula squamosa)
    Ichneumon wasp (Itoplectis alternans)
    Baldfaced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata)
    German yellowjacket wasp, (Paravespula germanica)


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Compiled Jun 19 13