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56 Animal Quiz

Animals are our companions, our workers, our eyes and ears, and our food. They
appear in ancient cave paintings, and on modern commercial farms. We have
domesticated some of them, while others remain wild and are sometimes endangered

by our activities. They keep us company and while they can provide comic relief, they
also serve us as valuable assistants.

Answer the following questions.
1. Which is the world’s largest rodent ? ___________________

2. Which animal piles up logs to build a dam and makes a home
with an underwater entrance ? ___________________

3. Which ancient living mammal has a trunk like an elephant ? ___________________
4. Which animal when attacked appears to be dead ? ___________________
5. What was the name of the first cloned sheep ? ___________________

6. Which animal carries its house on its back ? ___________________
7. What mechanism do dolphins use to see under water ? ___________________

8. Which are the largest apes in the world ? ___________________
9. Which is the only fish that swims in a standup position and
looks like a horse ? ___________________

10. If a lion roars, what does a leopard do ? ___________________
11. Which animal has nails but no fingers ? ___________________

12. Which is the largest mammal ? ___________________
13. In which place are yaks found mostly ? ___________________
14. An earthworm breathe with the help of : ___________________

Seahorse Oppossum Whale Ostrich Mammoth

Clue Corner
This Corner
a) Snail b) Skin c) Sonar d) Coughs No two tigers ever have
e) Mammoth f) Male Gorillas g) Elephant h) Oppossum the same stripes, and this
i) Whale j) Tibet k) Seahorse l) Beaver is how individual tigers can
m) Capybara n) Dolly be identified.

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