Q 01/05

Germans nicknamed the cotton-top tamarin after which wild-maned Hungarian pianist of the 1800s?

A) Frédéric Chopin

B) Franz Liszt

C) Ludwig van Beethoven

D) Johannes Brahms

Answer · why

B) Franz Liszt

Franz Liszt wore a flowing, swept-back mane so like the monkey's crest that Germans call the animal Lisztaffe, the Liszt monkey.

Q 02/05

Which country, with both Caribbean and Pacific coasts, is the cotton-top tamarin's only wild home?

A) Panama

B) Costa Rica

C) Honduras

D) Colombia

Answer · why

D) Colombia

Colombia holds every wild cotton-top, all of them within one small corner of its northwest, hemmed in by the sea and a handful of great rivers.

Q 03/05

Most monkey mothers have one baby at a time, but a cotton-top tamarin usually gives birth to what?

A) A set of triplets

B) A litter of four

C) A pair of twins

D) A litter of six

Answer · why

C) A pair of twins

A pair of twins is the norm, and the non-identical babies are such a load that the whole family pitches in to raise them.

Q 04/05

The cotton-top tamarin, down to a few thousand in the wild, sits in which IUCN Red List category?

A) Critically endangered

B) Endangered

C) Vulnerable

D) Near threatened

Answer · why

A) Critically endangered

Critically endangered is the last rung before a species survives only in captivity, and for several years the monkey was ranked among the world's 25 m...

Q 05/05

A fully grown cotton-top tamarin weighs about a pound, roughly the same as which kitchen item?

A) A can of soup

B) A bag of flour

C) A frozen turkey

D) A stick of butter

Answer · why

A) A can of soup

A can of soup matches this pint-sized monkey on the scales, yet its tail alone is longer than its head and body put together.