Free Quiz Questions on animal anatomy and biology. Topics include hair, scales, length, mouths, organs and claws.
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Which animal has eyes that work independently so it can see in two different directions at once: a great white shark, a chameleon or a bald eagle?
chameleon
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Which animal has 3 hearts: Tarantula, hippopotamus or octopus?
Octopus
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What colour is a polar bear if you shave it: white, black or pink?
Black
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What noise do giraffes make? Do they bleat like sheep or neigh like horses?
Bleat like sheep
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Which land mammal has the largest mouth?
Hippopotamus
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What month of the year are blue whales at their heaviest: January or july?
January
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Do mice breathe more quickly than humans – or more slowly?
More quickly (163 times per minute)
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Which animal often has only one lung: a whale, a snake or a Golden Eagle?
Snake
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Do octopuses lay eggs or do they give birth to live baby octopuses?
They lay eggs (up to a hundred thousand at a time).
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The biggest fish in the world is the whale shark: how long was the biggest one ever recorded, in metres?
12.65 metres
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How long is the longest insect in the world (cm)
18 cm (some stick insects are this big)
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How many muscles have caterpillars have in their bodies? 10, 700 or 2000?
2000 muscles
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The world’s largest freshwater fish is the catfish: how long, in metres, was the world’s longest known catfish?
3 metres
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How many metres long can a blue whale grow to: 10m, 20m or 30m?
30 metres
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How much does a baby panda weigh when it is first born: 4 ounces, 4 pounds or 4 tons?
4 ounces
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A couple of years ago I went to Edinburgh zoo where they had a one-month old baby giraffe. How tall was the giraffe to the nearest foot?
6foot
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Which animal has five noses: an ant, a spider or an octopus?
Ant
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What is larger: Humpback whale, blue whale or sperm whale?
Blue Whale
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What is the biggest animal on planet earth?
Blue Whale
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What is the world’s largest freshwater fish: catfish, dogfish or pike?
Catfish
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Which mammal lays eggs?
Duck billed platypus
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What is the only animal with 4 knees: (Giraffe, Elephant or Crocodile?)
Elephant
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What is the tallest horned animal?
Giraffe
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What happens to monkeys as they get old: do they go bald or do they get hairier?
Go bald.
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What is the worlds largest lizard?
Komodo Dragon
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Which gorillas are bigger: male or female (weight)
Males
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What animal are humans closer to, genetically speaking... mice or sheep?
mice
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Who produces the most fluid in a single sexual ejaculation: a man a chimpanzee or a pig?
Pig
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Which animal has the world's biggest eye: Giant Squid, Blue Whale or Giraffe?
Squid