Post Quiz: Nature Is Weird
Created | Updated Jun 9, 2019
Post Quiz: Nature Is Weird
Humans are weird. So are many other animals. Answer these questions to discover fun facts with which to bore entertain your friends and loved ones.
Multiple choice.
- Why do baby elephants suck on their trunks?
- Because it makes a distinctive noise that summons help.
- To make them more limber.
- For the same reason human babies do: comfort.
- The trunk is the saltiest part of their bodies.
- If a female dragonfly is not in the mood, what will she do?
- Exude a scent that repels males.
- Buzz angrily when approached.
- Eat the male.
- Fake her own death.
- If you see two giraffes making out (in the zoo or in the wild), what is mostly likely true about them?
- They're probably gay.
- They're mated – for life.
- They will definitely have offspring.
- They would be very disturbed if they knew you were watching.
- Do dogs like music?
- No. They secretly hate it and resent radios.
- Yes. They have individual favourite styles.
- They only like classical music.
- No. That's why they howl when you play the piano.
- What animal's collective noun is 'a conspiracy'?
- Lemurs.
- Moles.
- Raccoons.
- Foxes.
- How do more than one-half of sloths die in the wild?
- Falling asleep and dropping from trees.
- Mating.
- Killed by predators while defecating so slowly.
- From catching cold.
- What do ferrets have in common with Vulcans?
- Their females in heat will die if they do not mate.
- They can only live in very hot places.
- Their ears are pointed.
- Their blood contains a lot of copper.
- How do some male ruffs (it's a bird!) manage to mate successfully?
- They disguise themselves as attractive shrubbery to lure females into sitting on them.
- They outbid other males in a spitting contest. Ruffs who lose spitting contests fly away in disgrace.
- They perform an elaborate dance employing found objects, such as car keys.
- They disguise themselves as females, mate with the males, and go with the females after the other males have left.
- How does the male orb weaver (a spider, keep up) survive sex?
- He offers the female something tasty to eat besides him.
- He coats himself before sex with a bite-proof mucus.
- He detaches his penis, leaves it behind in the female, and runs like heck.
- He doesn't.
- If you are near Africanised bees, and you smell bananas, what should you do?
- Follow the swarm to find delicious bananas.
- Look around for monkeys. They chase bees, and they might bite you.
- Run like heck. They're about to attack.
- Have yourself checked by a neurologist. You're having an olfactory hallucination.
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