Animal Quiz

Dodo

Dodos were a member of the pigeon family.  Dodos have gone extinct because their habitat was destroyed and it was an easy meal for hungry sailors.  And the sailors brought other animals to the islands, like goats, monkeys, and wolves.  And those ate dodo chicks and destroyed dodo habitats.  Dodos evolved to be flightless birds.  They ate rocks before they ate their food.  Dodos could not chew their food; they actually ate berries.  The rocks helped grind up the berries.

Frogfish

Frogfish are sea animals that can change color and they look like coral, so when a fish is passing by, their jaw shoots out in a millisecond bite.  It has a lure on its head to lure in fish, so the fish comes closer for it to grab with its mouth.

Zebras

Zebras are covered in stripes because when predators look at them for a very long time, the zebra starts to get blurry and hard to see.  So it is hard for the lion to see the zebra.

                                    

Ice worms

Ice worms live in ice.  If they get to be over 40 degrees they will melt.

Hippopotamuses

A baby hippopotamus can weigh 500 pounds in one month.

Lions

Lions are at the top of the food chain.  Lions will eat pretty much everything that they can get to.  They'll even try to eat cheetahs.