Q 01/05

What is a baby horse called?

A) A calf

B) A fawn

C) A foal

D) A kid

Answer · why

C) A foal

A foal. It can stand within about an hour of being born and soon runs beside its mother, because wild horses stay safe by fleeing and a newborn has to...

Q 02/05

What is a baby sheep called?

A) A lamb

B) A joey

C) A kid

D) A cub

Answer · why

A) A lamb

A lamb. A healthy one struggles to its feet within about an hour of being born and starts to feed from its mother, because that first feed protects it...

Q 03/05

Which animal are dogs descended from?

A) Lions

B) Bears

C) Foxes

D) Wolves

Answer · why

D) Wolves

Wolves. At least 14,000 years ago some of them began living close to people, and over many generations the tamest of them turned into dogs.

Q 04/05

What does a caterpillar turn into?

A) A butterfly

B) A bumblebee

C) A ladybird

D) A dragonfly

Answer · why

A) A butterfly

A butterfly. Inside its chrysalis most of the caterpillar's body is broken down and built again, so the creature that climbs out has wings and a compl...

Q 05/05

How many legs does a spider have?

A) Two

B) Four

C) Eight

D) Sixteen

Answer · why

C) Eight

Eight. Counting them is the quick way to tell a spider from an insect, which has only six legs, and it is one of several differences that mean spiders...