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🦎 Animals of Madagascar

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10 questions. Get 8 right to earn 10 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. Which group of animals lives in the wild only on Madagascar?

SlothsMonkeysLemursKoalas

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

Fly short distancesGrow a new tail every yearBreathe under waterChange the colour of their skin

3. Madagascar's day geckos (Phelsuma) are unusual among geckos because they are active when?

Only at nightOnly at duskDuring the dayOnly after rain

4. Roughly what share of Madagascar's wild species is found nowhere else on Earth?

About 50%About 10%About 30%About 90%

5. The world's smallest primate is a Malagasy animal. Which one?

A tree shrewA mouse lemurA tarsierA marmoset

6. Chameleons of the genus Brookesia are remarkable for being what?

The only venomous lizardsThe longest-lived reptilesAmong the smallest reptiles in the worldThe fastest lizards

7. What does the aye-aye do with its long, thin middle finger?

Digs burrowsCombs its furHooks grubs out of holes in woodHolds on while it sleeps

8. How does the satanic leaf-tailed gecko avoid being eaten?

It buries itself in sandIt looks exactly like a dead leafIt sprays venomIt plays dead and smells bad

9. What is unusual about the aye-aye's front teeth?

There are only two of themThey keep growing throughout its lifeThey are hollowThey are made of bone, not enamel

10. What is the Malagasy name for the indri?

VazimbaFanalokaBabakotoAngonoka

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