Q 01/05

A group of lions is called what?

A) A pack

B) A herd

C) A troop

D) A pride

Answer · why

D) A pride

A pride is built around related females, who usually stay for life, while young males are driven out once they are big enough to rival the adult males...

Q 02/05

Outside Africa, which is the only country where lions still live in the wild?

A) India

B) Brazil

C) Indonesia

D) Iran

Answer · why

A) India

India's Gir Forest holds the last wild lions outside Africa, after centuries of hunting and habitat loss wiped them out across the rest of Asia.

Q 03/05

Which two kinds of tiger are the largest?

A) Sumatran and Malayan

B) Javan and Bali

C) Bengal and Siberian

D) South China and Indochinese

Answer · why

C) Bengal and Siberian

Bengal and Siberian tigers are the biggest, and the Siberian grows the longest, thickest coat of any living tiger to get through Russia's snowy winter...

Q 04/05

What is special about every zebra's stripes?

A) They are unique to each animal

B) They match the rest of its herd

C) They stop at its neck

D) They change colour in winter

Answer · why

A) They are unique to each animal

They are unique to each animal, as distinct as fingerprints, and scientists think the stripes may also help keep biting flies away.

Q 05/05

Which animals are the hippo's closest living relatives?

A) Horses and zebras

B) Whales and dolphins

C) Rhinos and tapirs

D) Elephants and hyraxes

Answer · why

B) Whales and dolphins

Whales and dolphins are the hippo's closest living relatives, yet hippos barely swim: they get around rivers by walking or bouncing along the bottom.