Animals 🦁 Flashcards

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What is the collective term for a group of crows?

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A murder

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What is the term for a group of fish?

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A school

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Which animal has the longest ears?

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African elephant

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Which animal is the heaviest land mammal?

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African elephant

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Which animal has the longest gestation period? ⭐️

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African elephant (22 months)

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Which bird is known for being able to mimic human speech?

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African grey parrot

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Which is the only continent without native snakes?

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Antarctica

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Which animal has the longest tongue relative to body size?

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Anteater

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Which animal has the largest population on Earth?

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Ants (estimated 10’000 trillion ants)

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Which bird is known for migrating the longest distance?

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Arctic Tern (+ 40’000 km)

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Which animal is known for living in colonies of millions?

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Argentine ant

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What animal can regenerate its brain / lost limbs?

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Axolotl

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What is the fastest-growing plant in the world?

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Bamboo (can grow up to 90cm per day)

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What is the only mammal capable of echolocation?

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Bat

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Which animal has the best hearing?

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Bat

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What is the smallest species of bird?

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Bee hummingbird

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What is the fastest marine animal?

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Black marlin (+130km/h)

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Which animal has the largest heart in relation to its size?

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Blue whale

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What is the color of the tongue of a giraffe? ⭐️

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Blue-black

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What is the longest-living species of mammal?

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Bowhead whale (+200 years)

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What is the most poisonous animal on Earth?

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Box jellyfish

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What is the smallest mammal?

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Bumblebee bat

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Which animal is known as the “ship of the desert”?

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Camel

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Which animal has the longest tongue relative to body size?

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Chameleon

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What is the fastest land animal? ⭐️
Cheetah (120km/h)
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What is the largest species of amphibian?
Chinese giant salamander
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Which animal is capable of changing its gender?
Clownfish
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Which animal can live the longest without food?
Cockroach (can live for weeks without food)
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Which animal can live without a head for several days? ⭐️
Cockroach (decentralized nervous system)
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Which animal has the strongest grip strength?
Coconut crab
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What is the fastest bird in level flight?
Common swift (can reach speeds +170km/h)
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Which animal has the most effective camouflage?
Cuttlefish
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Which animal can hold its breath the longest underwater?
Cuvier’s beaked whale (can hold its breath for 138 min)
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Which species of whale can hold its breath the longest underwater?
Cuvier’s beaked whale (+2h)
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What animal can produce the most milk in a single day?
Dairy cow
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What is the name of the first cloned animal?
Dolly the Sheep
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What animal is known to have the fastest reflexes?
Dragonfly
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What animal has the greatest strength in relation to its size?
Dung beetle (+1000x its body weight)
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Which animal is known for its ability to produce electric shocks?
Electric eel
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Which animal has the best sense of smell?
Elephant (can detect water km away)
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Which animal has the thickest skin?
Elephant (its skin can +7cm thick)
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What animal has the largest vocal cords?
Elephant (whose low-frequency calls are vital for communication)
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What is the largest species of penguin?
Emperor penguin
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What animal has the largest eyes in the animal kingdom?
Giant squid
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What animal has the highest blood pressure?
Giraffe
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Which animal has the longest tail?
Giraffe
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Which is the only mammal born with horns?
Giraffe (horns are soft at birth and harden later)
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What animal is known for having the longest lifespan?
Greenland shark (+400 years)
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What animal is known for having an "8th sense" (ability to detect the Earth's magnetic field)?
Homing pigeon
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What is the fastest insect?
Horsefly (145km/h)
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Which mammal can produce the most offspring in a single litter?
House mouse
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Which animal produces the most offspring in a single litter? ⭐️
House mouse (can have 10-12 babies per litter)
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What is the only bird that can fly backward?
Hummingbird
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What animal has the most complex vocalizations?
Humpback whale
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What is the most venomous snake?
Inland taipan
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What extinct species of tiger, native to Indonesia, was believed to have a venomous bite due to its highly toxic saliva? ⭐️
Javan tiger
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What is the term for a baby kangaroo?
Joey
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Which animal has the most powerful kick?
Kangaroo (can kick with a force of +350kg)
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Which animal can leap the furthest?
Kangaroo (can leap +10m in a single bound)
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Which animal can live without drinking water?
Kangaroo rat
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What animal can go the longest without water?
Kangaroo rat (can survive for weeks without water)
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What is the term for a baby goat?
Kid
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What is the only bird known to have a sense of smell?
Kiwi
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Which animal has fingerprints almost identical to humans?
Koala
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What animal can sleep the longest? ⭐️
Koala (+22 hours a day)
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What is the largest species of lizard? ⭐️
Komodo dragon
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Which animal is capable of self-cloning?
Komodo dragon (can reproduce via parthenogenesis)
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What is the largest species of turtle?
Leatherback sea turtle
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Which animal can sleep for up to three years at a time?
Lungfish
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What animal is capable of producing the loudest sound relative to its size?
Male cicada
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What animal can see with almost 360-degree vision / sharpest vision / widest range of colours? ⭐️
Mantis shrimp
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Which animal has the shortest lifespan?
Mayly (only lives for 24h as an adult)
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What animal can detect the Earth's magnetic field?
Migratory birds
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Which animal has the longest migration?
Monarch butterfly
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Which animal is the most dangerous to humans based on fatalities?
Mosquito (due to the spread of diseases like malaria)
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Which fish is capable of walking on land?
Mudskipper
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Which animal has the largest teeth?
Narwhal (its tusk is a giant tooth)
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What is the term for animals that are active during the night?
Nocturnal
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Which animal has the most complex nervous system? ⭐️
Octopus
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What animal is known for its ability to "play dead"?
Opossum
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What is the heaviest bird that cannot fly?
Ostrich
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Which animal is known for producing the largest egg?
Ostrich
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What is the only mammal with scales?
Pangolin
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What is the fastest bird in the world?
Peregrine Falcon
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Which animal holds the record for the fastest flying speed?
Peregrine falcon (can dive at speeds up to 240 mph)
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What is the term for a group of whales?
Pod
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Which animal has the longest tail relative to its body size?
Rat-tailed maggot
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Which bird has the fastest wingbeat?
Ruby-throated hummingbird
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Which animal has the most powerful bite force?
Saltwater crocodile
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Which is the largest living reptile?
Saltwater crocodile
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Which mammal has the densest fur in the animal kingdom?
Sea otter (+165'000 hairs per square cm)
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What animal has the smallest heart relative to body size?
Shrew
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What is the largest species of cat?
Siberian tiger
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Which animal has the most teeth?
Snail (some have +25'000 teeth)
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What animal has the most bones in its body?
Snake (some have +400 bones)
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What is the only species of bear that is native to South America?
Spectacled bear
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What animal has the largest brain in the animal kingdom? ⭐️
Sperm whale
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Which animal produces the smallest egg?
Stingless bee
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What is the only marsupial that can glide?
Sugar glider
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Which animal can survive without oxygen the longest?
Tardigrade
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What animal can survive in the vacuum of space?
Tardigrade (water bear)
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Which animal has the largest eyes in proportion to its body?
Tarsier (a small primate)
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Which animal is the largest carnivorous marsupial?
Tasmanian devil
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What is the largest species of insect?
Titan beetle
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What animal has the longest lifespan in captivity?
Tortoise (+177 years)
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What animal can live for decades without eating?
Tortoise (some live +100 years without much food)
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Which species of jellyfish is considered biologically immortal?
Turritopsis dohrnii
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Which bird has the largest wingspan?
Wandering albatross
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What animal is capable of regrowing its heart?
Zebrafish
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What is the term for a group of frogs?
An army
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How many wings does a bee have? ⭐
4
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How many brains does a leech have? ⭐
32
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What animal is believed to never develop illnesses or cancer?
Sharks
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With what animals do dolphins play to get high? ⭐
Pufferfish
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What is the largest rodent in the world? ⭐
Capybara
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What is the loudest shrimp? ⭐
Pistol shrimp
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What is the only fish that can blink with both eyes? ⭐
Shark
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Where does the dodo come from? ⭐
Mauritius
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What is the largest species of brown bear? ⭐
Kodiak bear
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What animal is native to Madagascar? ⭐️
Lemur
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What type of bird appears on the Mexican flag? ⭐️
Eagle
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In what country is it illegal to own only one guinea pig? ⭐
Switzerland
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What are pink river dolphins? ⭐️
Amazon River Dolphins
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Which mammal is capable of sustained flight? ⭐️
Bat
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What animal is nicknamed the “sea cow”? ⭐️
Manatee
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What is a group of owls called? ⭐️
A parliament