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I Bet You Can't Score More Than 8/11 On This Weird Animal Facts Quiz

Weird Animal Facts Quiz 

I Betcha You Can't Score 8/11 On This Weird Animal Facts Quiz

Several butterflies flying into a sky that is dotted with puffy clouds, while the sun shines behind them

Butterflies have [receptors on their feet](https://www.cbc.ca/kidscbc2/the-feed/five-fun-facts-about-butterflies). So yes, they have to perch on their food to get a taste of it.

By standing on their food.

How do butterflies taste their food?

[Snails like to hibernate for 3 years](https://www.sleepadvisor.org/how-long-do-snails-sleep/) to avoid bad weather conditions.

3 Years

For how long do snails take a nap?

Three bats hanging upside down from a branch

Bats have a huge appetite and [they can gobble up to 3,000 insects](https://www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/flight-food-and-echolocation) in a single night!

3,000

How many insects can a single bat snarf down?

There are about [6 sheep for every person in NZ.](https://www.stats.govt.nz/news/sheep-number-falls-to-six-for-each-person)

New Zealand

Which country has more sheep than humans?

Bat are the [only mammals that can fly](https://www.britannica.com/list/5-surprising-facts-about-bats#:~:text=Bats%20Are%20the%20Only%20Mammals%20Capable%20of%20Flight.&text=But%20no%20other%20mammal%20can,to%2060%20minutes%20of%20eating.) with ease.

Which one of these mammals can take to the air?

Several prawns on a counter, ready to be cooked

A prawn's heart is at the [bottom of the head.](https://m.dailyhunt.in/news/india/english/windowtonews-epaper-wintonws/the+heart+of+a+shrimp+is+located+in+its+head-newsid-116025424)

Head

Where do you think the prawn's heart is located?

A chicken walking around in the grass on a sunny day

The longest recorded flight of a chicken lasted for 1 [3 seconds for a distance of 300 feet](https://www.hgtv.com/outdoors/gardens/animals-and-wildlife/can-chickens-fly#:~:text=The%20longest%20recorded%20flight%20of,angry%20dogs%20or%20busy%20roads.).

13 seconds!

How long do you think a chicken can fly?

Just as humans communicate with their babies before they are born, [mama dolphins tend to sing their own names to their unborn calves](https://www.livescience.com/55699-mother-dolphins-teach-babies-signature-whistle.html#:~:text=Dolphin%20mamas%20appear%20to%20sing,use%20to%20identify%20one%20another.).

Dolphins

Which pregnant animal sings to their unborn baby?

Cheetahs only have [one-piece hyoid bones](https://www.ifaw.org/international/journal/big-cats-facts) in their throat that stops them from roaring but not from purring or hissing.

Cheetah

Which one of these cat species can't roar?

A common housefly flaps its wings up to 190 times per second, which is usually [interpreted by human ears as F major scale](https://www.eejournal.com/fresh_bytes/do-all-houseflies-hum-in-key/).

Housefly

Which airborne pest can hum in the key of F?

These Amazonian birds have the loudest mating call, and it is believed to be much louder than a [chainsaw and rock concert.](https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/piercing-bird-call-may-deafen-the-chicks-they-aim-to-impress#:~:text=White%20bell%20birds%20really%20clock,to%20Brazilian%20and%20US%20scientists.)

White Bellbird

You may not be much into animal trivia, but you still gave your best attempt. That itself deserves a round of applause!

Your _paw-rformance_ was okay.

You're one of those rare passionate animal lovers, aren't you? I bet this quiz was easy-peasy for a pretty smart cookie like you!

Steve Irwin would be proud of you!

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