Quiz: Animal world

Published January 11, 2014
  1. What do we temporarily lose when we suffer from laryngitis?

  2. Which organ in the human body is jokingly referred to as the ‘tickler’?

  3. The age of a fish can be determined by examining which part of its body?

  4. Where in the butterfly’s body is its sense of taste located?

  5. Which is the only animal with a moveable upper jaw?

  6. How can one distinguish between the bite of a poisonous snake and that of a non-poisonous snake?

  7. The egg of which creature is called roe?

  8. The duck-billed platypus and the echidna or spiny anteater are the only two mammals to do what?

  9. What is the typical colour of the anaconda?

  10. And elephant’s tusk is made or ivory, what is a rhinoceros’ horn made up of?

ANSWER

  1. Voice

  2. The heart, because it beats all the time

  3. The scales

  4. In its feet

  5. Alligator

  6. The bite of poisonous snake as prominent marks of two fangs while a non-poisonous snake’s bite has the marks of small teeth.7. Fish

  7. Lay eggs

  8. Green with black spots

  9. Keratin or a fibrous protein found in the hair.

Opinion

Editorial

Closed doors
Updated 08 Jan, 2025

Closed doors

The nation’s fate has been decided through secret deals for too long, with the result that the citizenry has become increasingly alienated from the state.
Debt burden
08 Jan, 2025

Debt burden

THE federal government’s total debt stock soared by above 11pc year-over-year to Rs70.4tr at the end of November,...
GB power crisis
08 Jan, 2025

GB power crisis

MASS protests are not a novelty in Pakistan, and when the state refuses to listen through the available channels —...
Fragile peace
Updated 07 Jan, 2025

Fragile peace

Those who have lost loved ones, as well as those whose property has been destroyed in the clashes, must get justice.
Captive power cut
07 Jan, 2025

Captive power cut

THE IMF’s refusal to relax its demand for discontinuation of massively subsidised gas supplies to mostly...
National embarrassment
Updated 07 Jan, 2025

National embarrassment

The global eradication of polio is within reach and Pakistan has no excuse to remain an outlier.