#Animals

Emu and Kangaroo

Australia: 1 of 2 animals on its coat of arms

Cardinal

Birds: Bird named after the bright red robes of Roman Catholic clergyman

Feathers

Birds: Depending on the species, a bird can have 940 to 25,000 of them

Giant Marlin

Fish: In Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea", Santiago catches a huge specimen of this game fish

Duck

Louisiana: Counting migrants, in January 25% of all these fowl in the U.S. are wintering in Louisiana**

Cottontail

Mammals: General name for the wild rabbits of Canada, the US and Mexico; Peter is one

Dogs

Mammals: Noel Coward song says only mad ones go out in the midday sun

Blue Whale

Mammals: Weighing 1.5 tons per foot, this mammal generates up to 500 HP with its tail

Bear

Medical Folklore: The Sioux regard these Ursidae as the chief of the healing animals

Feathers

Nature: This bodily feature makes birds different from all other animals

Buffalo (Bison)

Parks: South Dakota's Custer State Park has one of the largest herds of these animals in the U.S.

Bow and Arrow

Rhode Island: Deer may be hunted in Rhode Island, but only with this weapon

Elephant

Science: Land mammal with the largest teeth

Eight

Spiders: Number of eyes some spiders have and number of legs all spiders have

Arachnid

Spiders: Scientific name for spiders, from Green woman who unwisely challenged Athena to spinning contest

Hippopotamus

This African river mammal's tusks were once used for false teeth because they didn't yellow

Dog Breeds

Trivia: Mastiffs, Pomeranians, and Pugs

Fish

Washington State: In dollars, it's the state's fishing industry's most valuable catch**

Earthworms

Worms: In rich soil there can be 6 million, or 12 tons, of these annelids per acre

Bookworms

Books: The insect kind eats binding, & the human kind devours pages

Cotton Mouth

C Here: The water moccasin has a white lining inside its mouth, so it's also known by this name

Can Purr

Trivia: Like domestic cats but unlike other big cats, mountain lions can do this

Camel

Animals: The ship of the desert

Gosling

Birds: A baby goose

Homing

6 Letter Words: Type of pigeon that doesn't need AAA maps

American Elk

Animal Kingdom: The second-largest deer in the world, it's also called the wapiti

Greyhounds

Dogs: Bred for speed, these dogs carry no unnecessary weight & have very large lungs

Clydesdale

HORSES: This breed was named for an area around Scotland's most important river - FJ

Dodo

17th Century: Upon death of last of these birds in 1680, the phrase "as dead as one" could be officially used

California Condor

1983: The first of these birds hatched in captivity was born at the San Diego Zoo

Beaver

Animals: "Eager" animal that symbolizes Canada

Hair

Animals: A porcupine's quills are a specially adapted form of these

Hawksbill Turtle

Animals: Animal from which we get ornamental tortoise-shell

Hippopotamus

Animals: Close relative of the pig, though its name means "river horse"

Deer

Animals: Fallow, marsh & white-tailed are species of this mammal

Coral

Animals: Many of these animals forming the Great Barrier Reef are being eaten by crown of thorns starfish

Falconry

Animals: Name of the sport of hunting birds with other birds

Efts

Animals: Salamanders called newts when aquatic are called this when terrestrial

Dogs

Animals: Scooby-Doo, Goofy & Pluto are cartoon versions

Fox

Animals: Sly creature sought by sportsmen riding to hounds

Eider

Animals: The down this type of duck produces is used to line nests for jackets, quilts, pillows and sleeping bags

Black Widow

Animals: The red widow & the brown widow are close relatives of this dangerous spider

Elephants

Animals: There are about 40,000 muscles & tendons in this part of an elephant's body

Elephants

Animals: They're the only living members of the mammalian family Proboscidea

Dingo

Animals: This Australian dog rarely barks, but howls like a coyote

Bat

Animals: ritanica says the Jamaican fruit type of this flying mammal smells like perfumed soap

Bats

Bats - Mammals: The vampire variety of these actually do feed on the blood of other animals

Cow

Beastly Quotes: Nash says it "is of the bovine ilk; one end is moo, the other milk"

Drone, Queen, Worker

Bees: Bees: Three classes of a honeybee colony

Beekeeper

Bees: Common name of an apiculturist

Bumblebee

Bees: The name comes from the Middle English word bumblen

Amphibians

Biology: Class of animals so named because they have an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult lives

Frog

Biology: Genus Rana; frequent victim of biology class dissections

Endangered Species List

Birds: All 16 species of Hawaiian honeycreeper are on this list

A Cardinal

Birds: He shares his name & color with an ecclesiastic

Eagle

Birds: The most common bird on world flags

Cardinal

Birds: This red bird in the state bird of 7 states

A Loon

Birds: Though this diving bird has a weird, laughing cry, it isn't really crazy

Hummingbird

Birds: While ostriches lay the largest eggs, these birds lay the smallest

360 Degrees

Birds: Woodcock's eyes are so far back on their heads, they have this unusual field of sight

Heel

Dogs: Command used to make a dog walk on handler's left side without pulling leash or lagging behind

Cocker Spaniel

Dogs: Mentioned in a famous speech, Richard Nixon's dog Checkers was this breed of dog

Collie

Dogs: The bearded breed of this dog resembles the Old English Sheepdog

Chihuahua

Dogs: The coat of this tiny Mexican dog ranges from snow white to jet black

Bald Eagles

Facts and Figures: In the 60s, there were just 400 breeding pairs of these birds in the continental US, not there are over 2,600

Hawaii

Feathered Friends: Almost 30% of the world's endangered bird species are on this island state**

Albatross

Feathered Friends: In relation to its 10 inch body width, this seabird has a record wingspan of up to 13 feet

Clutch

Feathered Friends: Term for all the eggs laid by a female at one time, or a type of ladies' handbag

Darter

Fish: In the 1970s concern for the "snail" species of this fish delayed completion of the Tellico Dam

Eggs

Fish: Male pipefish have an unusual pouch on the abdomen in which they carry these

Catfish

Fish: These whiskered fish range from about 1 1/2 inches to 15 feet in length

Iguana

Foods of the World: It's the lizard most commonly eaten in the western hemisphere

Breed (Reproduce)

Insects - The only major function of certain adult insects is to do just this

1 Day

Insects: Average livespan for mayflies

Chrysalis

Insects: From Greek "chrysos", meaning gold, it's the gold-colored pupa of a butterfly

Antennae

Insects: Insects use them to smell, feel, and sometimes even to hear and taste

A Praying Mantis

Insects: Its name comes from its worshipful appearance, not the voracious appetite

2 Pair

Insects: Most species of adult insects have this many pairs of wings

Ear

Insects: Sensory organs located almost anywhere, but never on an insect's head

Ant

Insects: The Bible says a sluggard should consider this industrious insect

Eating and Mating

Insects: The bubonic plague of Medieval Europe was spread by these insects feeding on rats

Fleas

Insects: The bubonic plague of Medieval Europe was spread by these insects feeding on rats

Fire Flies, Lightning Bugs, Glowworms

Insects: These insects flash yellow lights to find mates

Boll Weevils

Insects: They destroy about 8% of the annual US cotton crop

Bees

Insects: Useful insects raised in apiaries

Iguana

Islands: Galapagos Islands are home to only variety of this reptile feed in the sea

Aardvark

Mammals: Alphabetically, it's #1

Black

Mammals: Once widely used to pull funeral cars, Friesian horses are always this color

Bat

Mammals: The only flying mammal

Guinea Pig

Mammals: This lab animal is a member of the cavy family; its scientific name is Cavia porcellus

Hippopotamus

Mammals: This swimming African animal yawns as an aggressive gesture before it attacks

Hamster

Odds and Ends: This rodent's name is German for "hoarder" since he hoards food in his cheeks

Amphibians

Science: Frogs & toads belong to the anura order of this class of vertebrates

Drake

Science: Not just "Ludwig von" but any male duck

Daddy Longlegs

Spiders: aka the harvestman, it was Lesli Caron's name for Fred Astaire in '55 film

Hand

Starts with H: The measure of a horse

Dinosaur

Stupid Answers: In 1842, Richard Owen coined this word for "dinosaur"

Bees

The Birds: A bird that's described as apivorous eats these insects

Australia

The Birds: The kookaburra is native to this continent

Cardinal

The Birds: This "religious" red bird is the state bird of Ohio