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1. Hedgehogs are native to which region of the USA?
Answer: They are non native creatures
Interesting Information:All hedgehogs in the USA are introduced from other countries. The much larger porcupine is native, though.
Difficulty: Hard.
From Quiz: Hedgehogs
Some incorrect choices:
Southwest, Northeast, Prairie states
2. The aardvark is found on what continent?
Answer: Africa
Interesting Information:Aardvarks live in Africa savannas, open grasslands, woodlands, and scrub. They range from southern Egypt to the Cape of Good Hope in the far south of Africa.
Difficulty: Average.
From Quiz: Aardvarks !
Some incorrect choices:
South America, Australia, Asia
3. What is the name of a real species of mole, the animal ones, in North America?
Answer: Hairy-tailed mole
Interesting Information:There are 6 species running around, for the most part, the most prevalent being the hairy-tailed (I wasn't even sure they really had tails), the Eastern mole and the star-nosed mole.
Difficulty: Hard.
From Quiz: Mountains From Mole Hills
Some incorrect choices:
Needle-nosed mole, Gray black mole, Monkey mole
4. What does 'aardvark' mean in the Afrikaans language?
Answer: earth pig
From Quiz: Aardvarks !
Some incorrect choices:
odd-looking beast, aarrgghh! what is it ?, desert digger
5. Moles breed. Yuk! In an average litter of North American moles how many might you find?
Answer: 4 or 5
Interesting Information:The average litter comes in at 2 to 6. It does vary, but that is the general expectation. They gestate in just 4 to 5 weeks and deliver, as a general rule, between mid-April through May.
Difficulty: Hard.
From Quiz: Mountains From Mole Hills
Some incorrect choices:
1, 8, 10 or 12
6. What is the most common hedgehog kept as a pet in the USA?
Answer: African pygmy hedgehog
Interesting Information:The Dolop hedgehog is made up. However, out of the other three, the African pygmy hedgehog is the most common breed kept as a pet.
Difficulty: Hard.
From Quiz: Hedgehogs
Some incorrect choices:
Dolop hedgehog, Pruner's hedgehog, Egyptian hedgehog
7. What do hedgehogs have on their face and belly?
Answer: soft fur
Interesting Information:Hedgehogs are only about fifty percent quills! The rest of their belly and face is covered with soft fur.
Difficulty: Hard.
From Quiz: Hedgehogs
Some incorrect choices:
pink hair, quills, black skin
8. Are aardvarks more active during the day or during the night ?
Answer: night
Interesting Information:Aardvarks sleep during the day, and are active at night. They are a nocturnal animal. If the nights are cold, sometimes they will come out in the daylight to lie in the sun and get warm.
Difficulty: Hard.
From Quiz: Aardvarks !
9. What sort of foodstuff provides most of the rock hyrax's sustenance?
Answer: Vegetation
Interesting Information:The rock hyrax does not chew the cud, but they do have multi division stomachs. This allows the bacteria to break down any tough plant material and to obtain the maximum nutrition out of the vegetation consumed. They can also supplement their grassy diet with the odd insect or grub but the are predominantly herbivores.
Difficulty: Hard.
From Quiz: Ever met a Rock Hyrax? (Procavia capensis)
Some incorrect choices:
Small mammals, Fish, Birds
10. About how many inches long are full-grown African pygmy hedgehogs?
Answer: 6 to 8 inches
Interesting Information:Most full-grown African pygmy hedgehogs are about the size of a guinea pig-- 6 to 8 inches.
Difficulty: Hard.
From Quiz: Hedgehogs
Some incorrect choices:
4 to 10 inches, 10 to 12 inches, there is no such hedgehog
11. What is the aardvark's favorite food?
Answer: ants and termites
Interesting Information:Aardvarks are insectivores. They use their claws to dig into ant hills and termite mounds and then stick their long tongue into the nest or mound to get the insects.
Difficulty: Easy.
From Quiz: Aardvarks !
Some incorrect choices:
lizards, mice, grass
12. How are the groups divided in the rock hyrax social structure?
Answer: Single male dominated group, fiercely protected.
Interesting Information:A male may dominate several groups of females, each group having their own range. The rest of the males live on the fringe, controlled by stronger or larger males, only mating with the younger females. Young females sometimes form "nursery groups".
Difficulty: Hard.
From Quiz: Ever met a Rock Hyrax? (Procavia capensis)
Some incorrect choices:
They live alone, except at mating time., Females and males live separately., They live in a one family unit.
13. Trapping works in getting rid of moles. What seasons are are the best to trap them and dispose of them?
Answer: Spring and Fall
Interesting Information:Get the little rascals coming and going, I guess. The traps have rather scary names: the harpoon, the scissor jaw and the choker loop. It must not be easy being a mole given those options of doom.
Difficulty: Hard.
From Quiz: Mountains From Mole Hills
Some incorrect choices:
Summer and Fall, Spring and Summer, Winter and Spring
14. Aardvarks live underground in ____ .
Answer: burrows
Interesting Information:The burrow may be a simple hole in the ground, or can be much fancier, with as many as 20 entrances and exits and several 'rooms'. Aardvarks keep their homes clean. They 'go to the bathroom' in a hole they dig...making the hole some distance from their burrow, they cover up what they do with dirt.
Difficulty: Average.
From Quiz: Aardvarks !
Some incorrect choices:
caves, termite nests, sinkholes
15. Which a nocturnal central American mammal related to the raccoon?
Answer: Kinkajou
Interesting Information:The kinkajou is often mistaken for a primate but is actually related to raccoons and binturongs. They are arboreal animals that are very nimble climbers. Although classified as carnivores, most of their diet is fruit and nectar. Travelling from flower to flower, kinkajous are important pollinators.
Difficulty: Average.
From Quiz: Wild At Night
Some incorrect choices:
Kankajou, Konkajou, Kenkajou
16. What are baby hedgehogs called?
Answer: hoglets
Interesting Information:They are called hoglets or hedgehoglets.
Difficulty: Hard.
From Quiz: Hedgehogs
17. A full grown aardvark is about how long?
Answer: 5 to 6 feet
Interesting Information:About two feet of the aardvark's length is its tail !
Difficulty: Hard.
From Quiz: Aardvarks !
Some incorrect choices:
3 to 4 feet, 2 to 3 feet, 1 to 2 feet
18. Moles, as per their size compared to other similiar sized mammals, have twice as much of what compared to their peers?
Answer: blood
Interesting Information:Having more blood helps them breathe more safely underground. Their lungs are no no bigger than any other animal their size.
Difficulty: Hard.
From Quiz: Mountains From Mole Hills
Some incorrect choices:
hair, gumption, lung capacity
19. What sounds does an aardvark make when it 'communicates'?
Answer: it barks and grunts
Interesting Information:To call their babies, they often bark in a high-pitch.
Difficulty: Hard.
From Quiz: Aardvarks !
Some incorrect choices:
it makes no sounds, it screeches, it sings like a bird
20. How many babies does a mother aardvark generally have at one time?
Answer: one
Interesting Information:They give birth to only one baby at a time. The baby is born without hair and stays inside the burrow for at least two weeks. It drinks the mother's milk for about four months and then begins to eat insects.
Difficulty: Hard.
From Quiz: Aardvarks !
Some incorrect choices:
two, three, four
21. It is best to purchase a baby hedgehog of what age?
Answer: 6 to 8 weeks
Interesting Information:6 to 8 weeks is the best age to purchase a hedgehog because at that time, the mother is tired of nursing her babies and likes to run away and hide when it is feeding time.
Difficulty: Hard.
From Quiz: Hedgehogs
Some incorrect choices:
2 to 3 weeks, 3 months, 10 weeks to 14 weeks
22. When are hedgehogs 'fully mature'?
Answer: 6 months
Interesting Information:At six months, hedgehogs are 'fully mature' or an adult. This is the time that they can start mating.
Difficulty: Hard.
From Quiz: Hedgehogs
Some incorrect choices:
1 year, 8 months, 4 months
23. What could happen if a male hedgehog is with a female hedgehog during birth?
Answer: the babies may be eaten
Interesting Information:When a male hedgehog is by the female during birth, he might eat the babies.
Difficulty: Easy.
From Quiz: Hedgehogs
Some incorrect choices:
the mother will get scared and die, the babies will squeal, the babies will be born missing physical features
24. What type of bedding is safely digestible by a hedgehog?
Answer: Aspen
Interesting Information:Aspen is safely digestible. Never let your hedgehog live in cedar bedding. The vapor the bedding gives off is very toxic to all small animals!
Difficulty: Hard.
From Quiz: Hedgehogs
Some incorrect choices:
None, Pine, Cedar
25. The average adult African pygmy hedgehog weighs about:
Answer: 1 half to 1 and one-fourth lbs.
Interesting Information:A healthy adult African pygmy hedgehog weighs about 1 half to 1 and one fourth lbs.
Difficulty: Hard.
From Quiz: Hedgehogs
Some incorrect choices:
2 to 2 and a half lbs., 3 to 3 and one half lbs., 4 to 4 and one half lbs.
26. Are hedgehogs mainly solitary or social animals?
Answer: solitary
Interesting Information:Hedgehogs normally like the cage all to themselves, being solitary and territorial animals. They don't like other hedgehogs in their territory.
Difficulty: Hard.
From Quiz: Hedgehogs
27. When a hedgehog 'clicks' at you, what is it trying to do?
Answer: threaten you
Interesting Information:The hedgehog 'clicks' when it is trying to threaten you. That usually means 'get away' or 'don't touch me'.
Difficulty: Average.
From Quiz: Hedgehogs
Some incorrect choices:
go to the bathroom, fight with another hedgehog, get you to hold it
28. What temperature are pet hedgehogs most comfortable at?
Answer: 70 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit
Interesting Information:Hedgehogs normally are most comfortable at about 70 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit.
Difficulty: Hard.
From Quiz: Hedgehogs
Some incorrect choices:
40 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit, 100 degrees Fahrenheit or higher, they prefer a very cold climate
29. How long are normal length hedgehog quills?
Answer: half an inch to 1 inch
Interesting Information:Every breed of hedgehog has quills that are not very long--only about half an inch to 1 inch.
Difficulty: Hard.
From Quiz: Hedgehogs
Some incorrect choices:
there is no normal length, 2 inches, 2 and one half inches
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