Sort the World Wildlife Trivia Quiz

Answer: Saudi Arabia

The desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) is a short-horned type of grasshopper. Their colour changes according to their lifestyle and behaviour. In their solitary state, they are brown and shy, actively avoiding other locusts. When environmental conditions cause overcrowding, they release serotonin and become gregarious and highly active, changing their colour from drab to pink and yellow. They swarm and consume all vegetation in their paths.

Answer: Saudi Arabia

Hamadryad baboons (Papio hamadryas) are the northernmost of all baboons, and are of the Old World monkey family. They live in patriarchal, multilevel social structures with a dominant male guarding several females. They are omnivores, consuming a wide variety of foods including roots, eggs, insects, grains, fruits, seeds, small mammals and leaves. Hamadryas baboons are vulnerable to hyenas, lions, crocodiles, leopards and their young are hunted by eagles.

Answer: Saudi Arabia

Euphrates jerboas (Scarturus euphraticus) are nocturnal desert rodents with long tails, large eyes, and large, powerful hind legs. Their main diet consists of roots, seeds, and parts of underground plants, however they also dine on insects. They are vulnerable to nocturnal predators such as foxes, snakes, cats, weasles, vipers, hedgehogs polecats, lizards, jackals and owls.

Answer: Saudi Arabia

Dhabb (also spelled dabb/dhabs/bhub) lizards (Uromastyx aegyptia microlepis) are large, herbivorous lizards, which are known to use their spiny tails for defence. They vary in colour from dark gray/blue when cold to bright yellow or light brown/tan when warm depending on their body temperature and age.

They are vulnerable to snakes, wolves, birds of prey and dogs. When threatened, dhabbs will swing their tails from side to side, delivering painful blows. They also use them to block burrow entrances from predators.

Answer: Saudi Arabia

Sand cats (Felis margarita) are small, shy nocturnal wildcats with sandy coloured coats and very large ears. Their diet consists of jerboas, lizards, insects, venomous snakes, birds and gerbils. They are vulnerable to such predators as owls, jackals, snakes, Arabian wolves, dogs, and caracals. Sand cats have a variety of vocalizations including bark-like sounds, purring, hissing, and growling.

They tend not to be afraid of humans and will close their eyes to avoid detection when a flashlight or spotlight is shone on them.

Answer: Brazil

Capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) are the world's largest rodents. They consume mainly grasses and aquatic plants, but in the dry season will also eat reeds, melons, squashes, and grains. Capybaras practice coprophagy, the eating of one's own faeces, in order to extract the maximum nutrition from their food waste. Adults are vulnerable to jaguars, while juveniles face predation from anacondas, birds of prey, ocelots, and caimans.

Answer: Brazil

Jaguars (Panthera onca) are the only member of the genus Panthera native to the Americas, and are the largest cat native to that area. As opportunistic apex predators, jaguars consume a number of animals including, reptiles, capybaras, birds, peccaries, monkeys, turtles, tapirs, otters, fish and deer.

They don't have natural predators, however they do face competition from other large predators, such as cougars, as well as attacks from large groups of giant river otters or caimans.

Answer: Brazil

Toco toucans (Ramphastos toco) are the largest species of toucan with a distinctive black body and a huge yellow-orange beak. The latter is a multi-functional tool used for defence, thermoregulation, attracting mates, foraging, and establishing dominance.

Despite its size, the beak is actually lightweight as well as complex in design. Toucans are omnivores, consuming insects, eggs, fruit, lizards, and small vertebrates. They face predation from snakes, jaguars, eagles, margays, owls and hawks.

Answer: Brazil

Heavenly poison dart frogs (Ranitomeya aetherea) are a recent discovery, having been announced by scientists in May 2025. They have blue stripes as well as copper coloured limbs. They eat invertebrates such as mites, ants and beetles. Heavenly poison dart frogs have only one known natural predator, the fire-bellied snake which has developed a resistance to the frogs' toxins. The frogs acquire the poison from their insect diet, which builds up in their skin glands.

In captivity poison dart frogs will actually lose their poison and become harmless due to their diet of fruit flies and crickets, which don't contain the necessary toxins.

Answer: Brazil

Giant anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) are the largest of the four extant anteater species. They are strict insectivores, consuming only termites and ants. They possess several adaptations such as a long tubular snout for poking into ant and termite mounds, a sensitive sense of smell to locate nests, a long, 60 cm (2 foot) sticky tongue, and no teeth as they are not needed for swallowing insects whole. Giant anteaters feed in short bursts, which helps them to avoid stings and bites and ensures that they don't over exploit a single food source.

Their main predators are cougars and jaguars.

Answer: Namibia

African bush elephants (Loxodonta africana) are native to sub-Saharan Africa. They are herbivores, eating leaves, various fruits, roots, grasses and bark, and spending 80% of their day foraging. Adults don't have natural predators, however their young are vulnerable to hyenas, lions and crocodiles. African bush elephant adaptations include versatile trunks for grasping and breathing, tusks for defence and digging, wrinkly, thick skin for sun protection and moisture retention, and huge ears for cooling.

They live in a matriarchal clans, and the mother provides most of the care for the infants, however all members participate in rearing the calves.

Answer: Namibia

Cape fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus) form huge breeding populations along Namibia's coast. They dine on various fish species including horse mackerel, hake, and goby, as well as crustaceans, sea birds, octopus, and squid. They are hunted by lions, great white sharks, and killer whales. Cape fur seals have adaptations for both terrestrial and aquatic life, such as thick fur for insulation, nictitating membranes to see under water, specialized flippers for swimming, the ability to close their nostrils and slow their heart rate for deep diving.

Answer: Namibia

Puku antelopes (Kobus vardonii) are herbivorous grazers that eat a variety of grasses, especially those which are high in protein. They are hunted by leopards, lions, and hyenas, as well as wild dogs and crocodiles; and may retreat into tall grasses or water to escape. When threatened, Pukus will emit a sharp whistle to alert others in the group. Their muscular legs and specialized hooves, which splay to prevent them from sinking into the mud, are adaptations which help them survive in harsh conditions.

Answer: Namibia

Ground pangolins (Smutsia temminckii) are insectivores, primarily relying on termites and ants. They have several adaptations for survival including unusually long, sticky tongues for dining on ants and termites, tough overlapping keratin scales for armour, and powerful claws for digging. They also have the ability to seal their ears and nostrils. Pangolins are hunted by hyenas, pythons, leopards and lions. When threatened, they curl into an armoured ball, making it difficult for predators, often causing them to give up. They can also emit a putrid odour to scare off threats.

Unfortunately, pangolins are the world's most trafficked mammal due to the demand for their meat and scales which are used in Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Answer: Namibia

Namibian aardwolves (Proteles cristata) are unusual nocturnal insectivores that feed almost exclusively on termites, and can consume between 250,000 and 300,000 in one night. They are preyed upon by spotted hyenas, lions, and leopards. The teeth of the aardwolf have been reduced to peg-like cheek teeth that are specialized for their diet.. Aardwolves have retained their large canine teeth as they are required for self-defence.