Q 01/05

Why do nursing kittens press their paws rhythmically into their mother's belly?

A) To get milk flowing

B) To mark her with scent

C) To sharpen their claws

D) To keep themselves warm

Answer · why

A) To get milk flowing

To get milk flowing: kneading around the teat stimulates the mother's milk, and many cats keep the habit for life, kneading blankets and laps when the...

Q 02/05

Platypuses and echidnas belong to which small group of mammals?

A) Monotremes

B) Marsupials

C) Rodents

D) Edentates

Answer · why

A) Monotremes

Monotremes are the only mammals that lay eggs instead of bearing live young; the platypus and the echidnas are the last of them still living.

Q 03/05

A young owl, hatched with thick fluffy down, is most often called what?

A) Poult

B) Chick

C) Owlet

D) Squab

Answer · why

C) Owlet

Owlet, and a group of owls is a parliament.

Q 04/05

What is the name for a baby echidna, the spiny egg-laying mammal of Australia?

A) Puggle

B) Joey

C) Hoglet

D) Leveret

Answer · why

A) Puggle

A baby echidna is a puggle; it hatches after about ten days and stays in its mother's pouch only until its spines start to grow.

Q 05/05

What is the chick of the Atlantic 'sea parrot', a burrow-nesting auk, called?

A) Puffling

B) Owlet

C) Gosling

D) Keet

Answer · why

A) Puffling

A young puffin is a puffling; after about six weeks in the burrow it leaves at night and heads straight out to sea.