This week’s science and nature round is all about animals.
1. A leveret is the young of which animal?
Hare
2. What type of animals would you mainly find at WWT Slimbridge in Gloucestershire?
Birds/wildfowl (Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust)
3. What type of animal is Bagheera in ‘The Jungle Book’?
Black panther
4. The Queen now has two corgis (as of 04/09/13) – can you name one of them?
Holly or Willow
5. How many humps does a Bactrian camel have?
Two
6. There are two main types of hippo – one is a common, or river hippopotamus, what is the other?
Pygmy hippopotamus
7. What is the largest living species of lizard?
Komodo dragon
8. From which continent does the guinea pig originate?
South America
9. How many digestive compartments does a cow’s stomach have? (It is often said that a cow has this many stomachs, although this is not technically correct)
Four
10. Which fearsome-looking fish was also a hit for ‘Heart’ in 1977?
Barracuda
