FunTrivia Animals Mix: Vol 18 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Portuguese Man-of-War

The Portuguese Man-of-War may look like a fragile blue bubble, but they have an extremely painful sting when touched. Just a slight touch can cause a very serious reaction. Even touching a dead specimen can cause great pain. It is important to stay out of the water if they are present.

Many beaches have guarded areas and will post signs when they are spotted.

Question by player oldstuff28

Answer: Horses

Also known as hippophobia, equinophobia is the fear of horses. If you feared dogs, you would have cynophobia, if you feared snakes you would have ophidiophobia, and if you feared cows, you would suffer from bovinophobia, which is the fear of cattle.

Question by player Lpez

Answer: Eagle

Mosquitoes and dragonflies are insects. Bats are mammals. The eagle is a bird and sometimes is called "The King of Birds".

Question by player nerzack

Answer: pony

The Shetland pony is a remarkable breed known for its hardiness and strength, originating from the rugged Shetland Islands in Scotland. These ponies are small, standing only about 28 to 42 inches tall at the shoulder, but they are incredibly strong, able to pull twice their own weight.

Their thick double coat protects them from the harsh, cold, and wet climate of their native islands. This hardiness is a common trait among animals from the Shetlands, including the Shetland sheepdog, a smart and agile herding dog, and Shetland cattle, known for their ability to thrive on sparse grazing and withstand severe weather conditions.

Question by player trident

Answer: Raccoon

Despite the ringtail being called a cat and the kinkajou being called a honey bear, they are actually related to raccoons and are all procyonidae, a new world family of small, omnivorous mammals known for their distinct tails. Other members of the family include cacomistles, olingos, and olinguitos. Most members of the family live in Central and South America, but some extend into North America with raccoon habitat reaching Canada.

Question by player PDAZ

Answer: Duck

The Muscovy duck originated in the Americas, mainly in South and Central America, as well as Mexico. The Orpington, often known as the 'buff duck' was bred in Orpington, Kent, England by William Cook, who also created the Orpington chicken. The magpie duck was named for the magpie due to its black and white plumage, which is similar in colour to that of the common bird.

Question by player rossian

Answer: Roc

Elephant birds represented several species of large flightless birds that were more than three meters high and weighed between 350 and 500 kilograms, making them the world's largest birds. They are thought to have gone extinct between 1000-1200 CE. In Arabian folklore, the roc was a creature like a giant eagle that appears in the tale of "Sinbad the Sailor" and was said to be so large that it could carry away an elephant in its claws.

A number of accounts, including one by Marco Polo, link the roc to Madagascar.

Some scholars argue that elephant bird sightings, as well as sightings of its giant egg, may have inspired the legend of the roc, even though elephant birds could not fly.

Question by player agentofchaos

Answer: their behinds

By displaying various group members' buttocks, the chimpanzees were able to recognize them much slower when they were upside down. This effect is similar to humans' configural recognition of faces where an upside down face takes slightly longer to recognize.

Chimpanzees are believed to use this form of recognition for two main reasons. The first is that chimpanzees often travel lined up behind one another, so it is useful to recognize another group member's posterior for identification purposes. Another reason is to identify females that are going through ovulation. During this time, the females' behinds swell and redden.

Question by player trident

Answer: Claudius angustatus

Claudius is the imperial name, being associated with Roman Emperors. This musk turtle's range is Mexico, Guatemala and Belize and it is the only member of its genus. It spends most of its time walking on the bottom of slow-moving streams and shallow ponds. Its foul-smelling musk contributes to its common name.

Question by player suomy

Answer: It eats venomous snakes

Species of king snakes include the milksnake. The common king snake can range from 3 to 6 feet in length and lives along the United States east coast. Along with venomous snakes, they also consume small mammals, lizards, birds, turtle eggs, and frogs. They are naturally immune to pit-viper venom, so a bite from those venomous snakes does little to them.

Question by player George95