Section 6 (Pages 210-247) Flashcards
(170 cards)
1
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How does the narwhal use its tusk?
A
sensory organ, fighting, attracting a mate
2
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What does the Wolverine use its highly powerful jaw to do?
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It uses its jaw to gnaw on frozen meat and crush bones.
3
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Although this is the smallest mustelid, it is a formidable hunter. What animal is it?
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The least weasel
4
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Where can a cheetah be found?
A
Africa and West Asia
5
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Where can the snow leopard be found?
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Central Asia
6
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True or false: Up to half of all male black rhinos die of injuries caused by the horns of rival males
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True
7
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Giraffe/TRUE OR FALSE: Extra long vertebrae are are joined together by joints similar to ball and socket joints.
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True
8
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FACT TIME!!!!!!
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Taste buds on the orcas short tongue help it reject any inedible prey.
9
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What do the humpback whale and the orca have in common?
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They are both found worldwide
10
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Giraffe/TRUE OR FALSE: giraffes have small eyes and can’t see over long distances.
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False
11
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What does a western red deer eat?
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Leaves and grass
12
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What is the southern gerenuk also called?
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The giraffe-necked antelope
13
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How long can a giraffe’s tongue be?
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17 3/4 inches in length
14
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True or False: Giraffes can have the same exact coat pattern.
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False
15
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When galloping, what is the top speed a giraffe can reach?
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37mph
16
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Where are giraffes found?
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Africa
17
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How many neck bones does a giraffe have?
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Seven
18
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How much can a hippo weigh?
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More than 4,400 lb
19
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True or False: Hippos have natural sunscreen
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True
20
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True or False: Hippos have webbed toes
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True
21
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What do Hippos eat?
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Mainly grass
22
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How long can hippos be?
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Up to 11 1/2 feet long
23
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This elegant aquatic hunter has a tapering tail and dense, short fur that give it perfect streamlining underwater. What is it?
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What is the Eurasian Otter.
24
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FACT TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The Sea Otter eats prickly prey
25
Fact time!!!
Whereas most big cats have plain or spotted coats the tiger has unusual dark stripes.
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Where is the European badger found?
Europe, western Asia
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How many tigers remain in the world?
4,000
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How fast can tigers run?
40 mph
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What are the tear marks on the cheetahs used for?
Protects the cheetahs eyes from the sun's glare.
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What do the Wolverine and the Least Weasel have in common?
They are both found in the same places.
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The arctic seas
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The smallest and rarest porpoise is?
The vaquita
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Both the European Pine Marten and the European Badger are found in ______ and _______ ____.
Europe, Western Asia
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The _______ ____ _______ long furry tail helps it keep its balance?
European Pine Marten
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What do Lions eat?
Mainly hoofed animals.
36
True or false: Long Sensitive whiskers help the ocelot find its way at night.
True
37
What animal makes a laughing call?
A. Jaguar
B. Puma
C. Spotted Hyena
D. African Wild Ass
Spotted Hyena
38
True or False: Zebra's and horses aren't related
False
39
What are the four Camelids featured in the book?
The Dromedary, Vicuna, Guanaco, and Bactrian Camel
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What does the humpback whale eat?
Plankton and small fish
41
How much does a humpback whale weigh?
37 tons!
42
How far away can you still hear a male humpback whale's "song"
up to 20 miles away
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True or False: The Vaquita is the rarest porpoise
True
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What is the Caracal also known as?
The desert lynx
45
FACT TIME!!! :)
The Jaguar is the biggest American cat!
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How long can an Otter get to be?
Up to 4ft
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Where in the world can you find a Meerkat?
Southern Africa
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FACT TIME!!!!!!! :) :) :)
Otters love to eat Sea Urchuns!
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True or false: sea otters aren't mustelids.
false
50
True or false: both male and female narwhals have tusks.
false
51
How many mustelids are mentioned in the first two pages?
6
52
TRUE OR FALSE: both males and females have the furry ruff.
false
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How many wildcats all together are shown on pages 220-221?
12
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Which animal has closeable ears?
A. Sea Otter
B. Least weasel
C. Meerkat
C. Meerkat
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How many females can a successful stag mate at the most during breeding season?
20 females!
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What does a Mountain Zebra eat?
Grasses, leaves, and fruit
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True or False: "Onagers are among the fastest hoofed mammals"
TRUE!
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FACT TIME!!!!!
The Amazon River Dolphin can be up to 8 1/4ft long!
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True or False: "The Blue whale is probably the largest animal that has ever lived."
TRUE!?!
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What do Lions eat?
Mainly hoofed animals
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FACT TIME!!!!!!!!!! :) :)
A sentry meerkat makes different alarm calls depending on whether it spots predators on the ground or in the air.
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What animal was Timon in The Lion King?
A. eurasian otter
B. meerkat
C. european pine marten
B. meerkat
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What animal is Pumbaa in The Lion King?
A. warthog
B.black Rhinoceros
C.pig
A. warthog
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FACT TIME!!!!! :):):)
FRIEND OR FOE: The rhino is often attended by red-billed oxpeckers, which remove skin parasites. But, they also pick at wounds to make them bleed so they can drink the rhino's blood.
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TRUE OR FALSE: the dromedary is taller than the vicuna.
True
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What is the tallest camelid throughout pages 230-231?
The Bactrian camel
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FACT TIME!!!!
LETHAL BLADES|[Common Warthog] The lower tusks are shorter and much sharper than the upper ones.
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What is the smallest horse shown in section 6?
African wild ass
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What is the biggest horse shown in section 6?
Przewalski's horse
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What horses are found in Central Asia?
Kiang, Onager, and Przewalski's Horse.
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TRUE OR FALSE: The Cape Springbok is the biggest Bovid.
False
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TRUE OR FALSE: There are up to nine subspecies of giraffe, each with its own coat pattern.
True
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What is the hippopotamus' diet?
Mainly grass
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What is an orca's diet?
various marine animals
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What is the humpback whale's diet?
plankton, small fish
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FACT TIME!!! :):):)
Fighting is dangerous, and every year many stags are injured or killed by stronger rivals.
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Where can the Cuvier's beaked whale be found?
All oceans except arctic
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Where is the Beluga whale found?
The Arctic seas.
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How long is the long finned pilot whale?
Up to 22 feet!
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Do dolphins have small teeth or big teeth?
They have small teeth
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How long is a Humpback whale?
Up to 56 feet!
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What is another name for the Spotted hyena?
The laughing hyena
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True or false? Spotted hyenas live in female dominated clans.
True!
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True or false? The fishing cat doesn't actually fish.
False!
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True or false? The Ocelot sometimes fight to the death over disputed grounds.
True!
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Where is the European wildcat found?
Europe
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Fact time!!!!
The least weasel is able to kill a rabbit 10 times its own weight!
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How long can a European pine martin be at the most length?
Up to 5 ft
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Where is the sea otter found?
North Pacific shores.
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True or false? The African wild ass is the smallest of the horse family.
True!
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What is the length of the largest known black rhino horn?
4 1/4 ft
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What does a black rhinoceros eat?
Leaves and twigs
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Is a black rhinoceros a carnivore, or herbivore
Herbivore
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Where is the black rhinoceros located?
Africa
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What does the black rhinoceros thick skin do?
It protects the rhino skin from sharp thorns.
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How many huffed toes does each sturdy foot have on a rhinoceros?
Three
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True or false? A rhinoceros has poor vision
True!
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What does the black rhinoceros use Its prehensile lip to do?
To pluck stems and leaves
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True or false? The black rhinoceros has no front teeth.
True!
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What is the top speed of a black rhino?
34, mph
101
Fact time!!!!
Thedromedary has thornproof lips that allows them to eat thorny desert shrubs!
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Where does the Bactrian camel live?
Northwest China, Mongolia
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How many mustelids live in the same place?
The Least Weasel and the Wolverine live in northern eurasia and north america. The European pine marten and the European badger are both found in europe and western asia.
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TRUE OR FALSE: Tigers don't have camouflage
false
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TRUE OR FALSE: cheetahs hunt small, fast gazelles, which are often agile enough to elude them by quickly changing their direction.
true
106
What is the cheetahs diet?
Small grazing animals
107
FACT TIME!!!! :):):)
A cheetah can reach speeds of up to 58mph
108
What's a lion's tawny fur?
Sandy-brown coat provides camouflage on dry grass and dusty ground.
109
A snow leopard can kill prey up to _ times its own weight? (FILL IN THE BLANK)
3
110
FACT TIME!!! :):):)
Big nasal cavities allow the snow leopard to inhale large amounts of air at a time
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What do the Caracal and Ocelot have in common?
They are both less than 4 feet
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FACT TIME!!!!! :):):)
All the przewalski's horses alive today are descended from 12 wild horses captured in the early 20th century
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What animal has a fly whisk?
Zebra
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What is a fly whisk?
Mobile tail has a tuft of long hair for brushing away biting flies
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How many of the horses can be found in Central Asia?
3
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What animal has a prehensile lip?
Black Rhinoceros
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What is a prehensile lip?
The rhino uses its pointed,mobile upper lip to pluck stems and leaves.
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What animal has thornproof lips?
The Dromedary
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What are thorn proof lips?
Tough skin on its lips enables the dromedary to eat thorny desert shrubs.
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What animal has twin humps?
The Bactrian Camel
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How big can the common warthog be?
5 feet
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FACT TIME!!!! :):):)
The Southern Gerenuk can stand on its hind legs
123
This animal was hunted to near-extinction in the 1800's. What is it?
The American Bison
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What animal is called the giraffe necked antelope?
The Southern Gerenuk
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The striking looking _______ ____ was hunted to near extinction by the 1970's, but has been saved by captive breeding and reintroduction. What animal is it?
The Arabian Oryx
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What animal has gripping hooves?
The Alpine Ibex
127
What ar gripping hooves?
split hooves with cushioned pads
128
What animal has a long muzzle?
giraffe
129
How tall is the giraffe?
up to 19 3/4 ft.
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Which animal has webbed toes and a short bristly tail?
The Hippopotamus
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a hippo can weigh up to 4,400lbs as much as __ heavyweight boxers.
25
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How many pounds of grass can the hippo eat in one feeding?
150 pounds
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What are white flashes?
Seen from the back, each ear is black with a central patch of pure white.
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How fast can tigers run in short sprints?
40mph
135
How much meat can a tiger eat in a single meal?
110lbs
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A tigers night vision is how many times as much as a humans?
6 times
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How much percent of cheetah chases end with kills?
40-50
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A cheetah can accelerate to it's top speed from a standing start in less than how many seconds?
Less than 3 seconds
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Cheetahs frequently lose kills to other big cats due to their lack of _______.
stamina
140
What is the distance a cheetah can cover with a single stride?
23ft
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each chase lasts only 45 seconds to a minute. If it is any longer than that what does the cheetah do?
The cheetah will give up
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A male lion can eat up to how many pounds in one day,then go 3 or 4 days without eating?
88 pounds
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Until about 12,000 years ago, lions roamed a larger area of earth than any other mammal, except what?
Except humans
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A snow leopard kills an average of one large animal every how many weeks?
Every two weeks
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A snow leopard uses its thick, very furry tail like a what?
A comforter
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Snow leopards can hunt at altitudes of _______________.
9,840-14,760 ft
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What is the number of snow thought to be left in the wild?
6,500
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The jaguar has exceptionally powerful jaws, and can bite through a ______ _____.
Turtle shell
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FACT TIME!!!!! :):):)
Purebred European Wildcats are becoming rare because of interbreeding with wild living domestic cats.
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Leopards often drag their prey up trees to stop other predators from what?
Stealing it
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How long does it take a group of hyenas to eat a zebra?
15 minutes
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How much can a spotted hyena eat in one sitting?
31lbs
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How fast can a spotted hyena chase its prey?
37mph
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A meerkat can spot a bird of prey more than how many meters away?
300 meters
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What animal has a flexible spine?
Cheetah
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What is another name for the Caracal
The desert lynx
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What is the length of the largest known black rhino horn?
4 1/4 inches
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What is the top speed of a black rhino?
34mph
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About how many black rhinos are alive today?
5,000
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How long are the horns of an alpine ibex?
3ft
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How high can a male orca's dorsal fin reach?
6ft
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How much does a humpback whale weigh?
37 tons
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What is the estimated weight of the largest blue whale?
160 tons
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Typical mustelids are what?
sleek, sinuous, and fiercely predatory
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What is the length of the longest mustelid?
6ft
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What is the longest mustelid?
The giant otter
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The ___ ______ fur is denser than the fur of any other animal.
The sea otter's
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What animal is the largest of the big cats?
The tiger
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What animal has protective padding?
The tiger
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