What’s Your Animal IQ?

Who has bigger ears: an African elephant or an Asian elephant?

Do I have the biggest ears? (Image Credit: Hutchison Library/P.E. Parker)

African elephant

Asian elephant

Neither, they have same-sized ears

How do scientists distinguish between the black panther and the leopard?

Leopards climb trees, black panthers don't

Scientists don't distinguish between these two animals--leopards and black panthers are the same species

Black panthers live in North America; leopards live in Africa

Who typically has a longer snout: alligators or crocodiles?

Alligator

Crocodile

They both have about the same size snout

A platypus is a

Bird

Mammal

Fish

Is a spider an insect?

Am I an insect? (Image Credit: Oxford Scientific Films/J.A.L. Cooke)

Yes

Maybe

Honey bees communicate by

Buzz Buzz Buzz (Image Credit: Oxford Scientific Films/Larry Crowhurst)

Buzzing

Dancing

Leaving trails of honey

Which of the following is true about toads?

We are golden toads of Costa Rica (Image Credit: Bruce Coleman, Inc./M.P.L. Fogden)

They never go in the water

You can get warts from touching them

They have no teeth

The sting of a killer bee is fatal

To all humans

Only to highly allergic people

To no one

Which of the following are differences between apes and monkeys?

Orangutan affection (Image Credit: Liaison Agency/Daniel J. Cox)

Monkeys have tails; apes don’t

Apes’ arms are usually longer than their legs

Both

Which of the following makes the reindeer unique from other types of deer?

They can fly

Both male and female reindeer grow antlers

They have a white hindquarters

Anteaters vs. aardvarks: which of the following statements is true?

Anteaters have teeth; aardvarks do not

Aardvarks are native to South America; anteaters are not

Anteaters have long bushy tails; aardvarks do not

Another name for cougar is

Puma

Lynx

Bobcat

Consider two aquatic mammals: the porpoise and the dolphin. What is the difference?

Porpoise vs. dolphin....(Image Credit: Dorling Kindersley)

Nothing

Porpoises are related to whales; dolphins are not

A porpoise is smaller

Do flying squirrels really fly?

No, they soar from tree branches

Yes, they have wings just like a bird

No, they don’t fly or soar at all

The bite of a tarantula is

Painful

Painful and fatal

Painless and fatal