Q 01/05

With no natural salt licks in Ujung Kulon, Javan rhinoceroses have been seen drinking what instead?

A) Tree sap

B) Seawater

C) Rainwater

D) Hot spring water

Answer · why

B) Seawater

Seawater seems to give Ujung Kulon's rhinos the minerals that salt licks supplied elsewhere in their old range. Salt is an essential part of the speci...

Q 02/05

The Javan rhinoceros has the smallest horn of any living rhino, but which animals normally grow one?

A) Both sexes equally

B) Only females

C) Only old adults

D) Only males

Answer · why

D) Only males

Only males carry the horn. Females are the only living rhinos that stay hornless as adults, growing at most a bump an inch or two high.

Q 03/05

Which volcano's 1883 eruption emptied Ujung Kulon of people, leaving the Javan rhinoceros a refuge?

A) Krakatoa

B) Tambora

C) Mount Merapi

D) Pinatubo

Answer · why

A) Krakatoa

Krakatoa's eruption and tsunami wrecked the peninsula's settlements, which were never fully rebuilt. The rhinos moved back in while people stayed away...

Q 04/05

In which mainland country was the last Javan rhinoceros outside Indonesia shot by poachers in 2010?

A) Thailand

B) Cambodia

C) Vietnam

D) Myanmar

Answer · why

C) Vietnam

Vietnam lost its final rhino in Cat Tien National Park, where the animal was found with its horn removed. The species was confirmed extinct there the ...

Q 05/05

When a Javan rhinoceros attacks, it thrusts its head upward and stabs with which body part?

A) Its single horn

B) Sharp lower teeth

C) Bony cheek ridges

D) Hardened front toes

Answer · why

B) Sharp lower teeth

Sharp lower teeth, long dagger-like incisors, are the real weapons of a Javan rhino. The horn is used for pulling down plants and pushing through thic...