Guess the Animal

Take this quiz to see how many animals you can identify!

Lions, tigers, and bears, oh my! Everyone knows these common critters, but what do you know about zebras? Sloths? Hedghogs?

We’re here to test your animal identification skills! We’ll show you a photo of an animal, and you tell us what you’re looking at. Did we mention it gets harder as it goes?

A crowd of origami animals, including a giraffe, peacock, and a fox.

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Questions Overview

1. What animal is this?
  1. Hummingbird
  2. Flamingo
  3. Robin
  4. Finch
2. What animal is this?
  1. Tortoise
  2. Sea turtle
  3. Komodo dragon
  4. Monitor lizard
3. What animal is this?
  1. Mouse
  2. Shrew
  3. Beaver
  4. Mole
4. What animal is this?
  1. Liger
  2. Leopard
  3. Lynx
  4. Cougar
5. What animal is this?
  1. Sunfish
  2. Sailfish
  3. Pufferfish
  4. Tiger shark
6. What animal is this?
  1. Parrot
  2. Cockatoo
  3. Dove
  4. Toucan
7. What animal is this?
  1. Antelope
  2. Deer
  3. Elk
  4. Camel
8. What animal is this?
  1. Shrimp
  2. Lobster
  3. Crab
  4. Crayfish
9. What animal is this?
  1. Paladin
  2. Penguin
  3. Pangolin
  4. Polecat
10. What animal is this?
  1. Sun bear
  2. Black bear
  3. Grizzly bear
  4. Polar bear
11. What animal is this?
  1. Otter
  2. Capybara
  3. Platypus
  4. Shrew
12. What animal is this?
  1. Badger
  2. Porcupine
  3. Hedgehog
  4. Echidna
13. What animal is this?
  1. Axolotl
  2. Salamander
  3. Gecko
  4. Water snake
14. What animal is this?
  1. Flying squirrel
  2. Lemur
  3. Tarsier
  4. Sugarglider
15. What animal is this?
  1. Anteater
  2. Gerbil
  3. Wallaby
  4. Quokka

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Cool Animal Facts

The animal kingdom is full of wild, wacky, whimsical, and straight-up weird critters that you have to see to believe. But you better believe it! We share this planet with some seriously cool animals. Here are just a few fun animal facts to think about today:

  • Poison dart frogs have poison skin! Just one frog holds enough poison to be fatal to 100 people.
  • Male angler fish fuse to their female mates, becoming permanently attached. In exchange for fertilizing eggs, they get free food and a free ride.
  • Bower birds attract mates by building little twig-and-stick shrines adorned with cool objects they find.
  • Many fish, like clownfish, kobudai, or hawkfish, can change from male to female, or female to male.
  • Flamingoes are pink because of their diet! They eat lots of things with carotenoid pigments, which are orange, pink, red, and yellow, and those pigments permeate their bodies.
  • Chickens can live up to 18 months without a head.
  • Some snails have about 14,000 teeth.
  • Horned lizards defend themselves by shooting blood out of their eyes.
  • Cows kill more people each year than sharks.
  • Platypi have poisonous spurs on their ankles.
  • Cuttlefish can change colors in just 200 milliseconds—faster than the blink of an eye!
  • Sea otters have the most hair per square inch of any animal in the world, which helps keep them warm in chilly water.
  • When dolphins sleep, they only shut down half their brain, while the other half stays active and alert, helping them surface to breathe even while asleep.
  • Male seahorses are the ones that carry and birth fertilized eggs.
  • Sloths descend to the ground to poop and pee, but only once a week! Probably because it makes them vulnerable to predators.
  • It’s estimated that cats were domesticated 4,000 years ago, in Ancient Egypt.

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