Q 01/05

A pair of brush-tailed rock-wallabies that escaped in 1916 founded a wild colony in which US state?

A) Florida

B) Hawaii

C) California

D) Texas

Answer · why

B) Hawaii

Hawaii still has a small breeding population in Oahu's Kalihi Valley, on the edge of Honolulu, all thanks to that one escaped pair.

Q 02/05

Sceptics once blamed a dye for which neck colour that one species of rock-wallaby actually secretes?

A) Blue

B) Green

C) Purple

D) Orange

Answer · why

C) Purple

Purple pigment is secreted by the purple-necked rock-wallaby itself, but it washes off in the rain and fades after death, so specimens were easily con...

Q 03/05

After the 2019–20 bushfires, park staff air-dropped sweet potatoes and which other vegetable for rock-wallabies?

A) Pumpkins

B) Cabbages

C) Corn cobs

D) Carrots

Answer · why

D) Carrots

Carrots and sweet potatoes were dropped by the thousands of kilograms over New South Wales, because the animals usually survive a fire but are left wi...

Q 04/05

In a world first, a rock-wallaby at Adelaide Zoo became surrogate mother to an orphaned baby of which animal?

A) Tree kangaroo

B) Ringtail possum

C) Hairy-nosed wombat

D) Tasmanian devil

Answer · why

A) Tree kangaroo

Tree kangaroo joeys had never been fostered this way; the zoo had only swapped young between wallaby species until this one lost its mother at five we...

Q 05/05

The thick, spongy pads on the soles of a yellow-footed rock-wallaby are said to grip rock like what?

A) Suction cups

B) Running shoes

C) Velcro strips

D) Climbing ropes

Answer · why

B) Running shoes

Running shoes are the comparison conservationists use: the coarse, highly granulated pads supply friction as the animal bounds over boulders at high s...