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.

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