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Quiz: Animal world
1. Which is the only member of the cat family that cannot retract its claws?
2. What term is used to refer to a person who is a cat hater?
3. Which animal is the symbol of the US Republican Party?
4. Which apparently are the only animals that never get sick?
5. Which is the largest creature known to be without a backbone?
6. Which is the only bird that can fly backwards?
7. The Kiwi, the national bird of New Zealand, can’t fly, it lives in a hole in the ground and is almost blind. Do you have an idea about how many eggs it lays in a year?
8. Camels have more than one eyelids to protect themselves from the blowing sand. How many eyelids do they have?
9. Goldfish lose their colour in certain conditions, what are they?
10. Cats step with both left feet and then both right feet when they walk. Which are the only two other known animals who walk in this manner?
ANSWERS:
1. Cheetah
2. Ailurophile
3. The elephant
4. Sharks, as far as it is known, they are immune to every disease.
5. The giant squid, which can weigh up to 2.5 tons and grow up to 55 feet long!
6. The hummingbird
7. Only one egg each year
8. Three
9. Goldfish lose their colour when they are kept in dim light or are placed in a body of running water, such as a stream.
10. Giraffe and camel
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