#Animals

Emu and Kangaroo

Australia: 1 of 2 animals on its coat of arms

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

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

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

Giant Marlin

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

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

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

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

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

Hamster

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

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

Amphibians

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

Elephant

Science: Land mammal with the largest teeth

Drake

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

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

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

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

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

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

Breed (Reproduce)

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

1 Day

Insects: Average livespan for mayflies

Boll Weevils

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

Bees

Insects: Useful insects raised in apiaries

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

Dinosaur

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

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

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

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

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

Greyhounds

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

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

Clutch

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

Clydesdale

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

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

Iguana

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