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🦎 Animals of Madagascar

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10 questions. Get 8 right to earn 12 minutes. All 10 right = +5 bonus. They start easy and get harder as you go, so treat the first few as a warm-up. Every one you miss comes back with the answer and why.

1. What do most lemurs mainly eat?

Fruit and leavesGrass seeds onlyMeatFish

2. Madagascar is a large island off the coast of which continent?

AsiaAustraliaSouth AmericaAfrica

3. A tenrec looks most like which familiar animal?

A badgerA hedgehogA rabbitA squirrel

4. Which group of animals lives in the wild only on Madagascar?

KoalasSlothsMonkeysLemurs

5. Madagascar's chameleons are famous for being able to do what?

Fly short distancesBreathe under waterGrow a new tail every yearChange the colour of their skin

6. How does Verreaux's sifaka cross open ground?

It burrows underneathIt glides between treesIt runs on all foursIt hops sideways on its back legs

7. The fossa's closest relatives are which group of animals?

MongoosesBig catsBearsDogs

8. How did the tomato frog get its name?

Its bright red-orange colourIt lives in tomato plantsIts round shape and green skinIt only eats tomatoes

9. How do male ring-tailed lemurs usually settle a dispute?

With a stink fight, wafting scent from their tailsBy wrestling until one gives upBy racing to the top of a treeBy calling loudly all night

10. In a lemur troop, who is usually in charge?

An adult femaleThe largest maleThe oldest maleNobody, they take turns

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