Quiz time !!– and this weeks subject is all about the birds and the bees! How well do you know the planet we share with the animal kingdom??? The questions are loosely based around mating and luckily humans don’t follow most of these traits!!! Enjoy the quiz and lookout for the next one in a weeks time…..

1. Which insect never sleeps?
2. How many times an hour can a desert rat mate?
3. Which animals communicate by touch, smell and dance?
4. What may a female praying mantis do whilst mating?
5. How long is an elephant pregnant for and what would be the average weight of the newborn?
6. What is a baby rat called? (think of your little finger…)
7. Which species of bird has the longest tongue?
8. Why would a hen not need toothpaste ?
9. The heart of a blue whale beats how many times per minute?
10. Shrimps are all born as males  - true or false?
11. A silverback gorilla can have quite a few girlfriends at the same  time….approximately how many?
12. What will a male giraffe do to see if he is attracted to the female?
13. Why do only female mosquitoes bite humans?
14. When a male lion and a female tiger breed – what is the offspring called?
15. What is the smallest mammal newborn relative to its mother's size.

Answers
1. An Ant
2. 120 times!
3. Bees
4. It may start feeding by biting off the male’s head!!
5. 22 months – the average weight is 113KG
6. A pinkie
7. A woodpecker
8. They don’t have any teeth!
9. Nine
10. True! - but some of them eventually grow to be females
11. Between 5 and 30!
12. Drink some of her urine
13. They require the blood to produce eggs since certain proteins are needed for reproduction
14. A Liger
15. Giant panda baby

MJM Quizmaster
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