Nature does not follow your guesses.
Ten animal claims. Some sound stranger than they are.
Ten questions, with the answers explained. Try them in your head, then open each answer when you're ready.
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Whales are mammals, not fish.
- True
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True
Whales are marine mammals. Living in water does not make an animal a fish.
QUESTION 2 / 10
Every species of snake is venomous.
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False
Many snakes are nonvenomous.
QUESTION 3 / 10
Bats are birds because they can fly.
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False
Bats are mammals, even though they can fly.
QUESTION 4 / 10
An adult insect normally has six legs.
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True
Insects normally have three pairs of legs. Spiders have four pairs.
QUESTION 5 / 10
An octopus has three hearts.
- True
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True
An octopus has two hearts that pump blood to the gills and one that pumps it around the body.
QUESTION 6 / 10
Camels store water inside their humps.
- True
- False
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False
A camel's hump stores fat, not a tank of water.
QUESTION 7 / 10
Ostriches can fly if they get a long enough run-up.
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False
Ostriches are flightless birds.
QUESTION 8 / 10
All penguins naturally live in Antarctica.
- True
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False
Penguin species also live in places including South Africa, South America, and the Galapagos Islands.
QUESTION 9 / 10
Frogs are amphibians.
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True
Frogs belong to the amphibians.
QUESTION 10 / 10
Corals are plants.
- True
- False
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False
Corals are animals. Many also live with photosynthetic algae.