Strange Animal Rituals

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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) Cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) Indian mongoose (Herpestes nyula) Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae)

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

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? emits a localized positive electric field bites the barbs off her own tail raises a cloud of sand from the sea bed crashes into the male at great speed

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? Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)

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? Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Starfish (Asterias forbesii) Squid (Loligo duvaucelii)

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? Canyon treefrog (Hyla arenicolor) Colorado River toad (Bufo alvarius) Spadefoot toad (Scaphiopus couchi) Gastric brooding frog (Rheobatrachus silus)

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? Capybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) Degu (Octodon cummingi) Chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera) 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. German yellowjacket wasp, (Paravespula germanica) Southern yellowjacket wasp (Vespula squamosa) Ichneumon wasp (Itoplectis alternans) Baldfaced hornet (Dolichovespula maculata)