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Animal Trivia Questions and Quizzes

Hairy, feathery or scaly, animals tend to bring out the gentleness or bravado in people. People like knowing about them whether they are cute and cuddly or vast and scary. To many children, animals are characters from their favorite stories. To many adults, animals are precious parts of this fragile world we live in and worthy of preservation. There is a tremendous amount of little-known facts about animals great and small, and knowing these details will be a fun way to spend time with people you like while helping each other learn something new every time. Test your trivia knowledge or become a quiz master with these challenging animal trivia questions with answers.

How many breeds of dog exist worldwide?

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How many breeds of dog exist worldwide?
140.
Incorrect.
340.
Correct!
According to the Fédération Cynologique Internationale (World Canine Organization), there are approximately 340 known types of dog breeds worldwide. The primary breed types are guard dogs, companion dogs, herding dogs, working dogs, and hunting dogs even though there are many other subtypes.
540.
Incorrect.

Can dogs smell cancer in humans?

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Can dogs smell cancer in humans?
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Dogs can sniff out certain diseases, including cancer.
According to researchers, dogs can detect many types of cancers in humans. Like many other diseases, cancers leave specific traces, or odor signatures, in body fluids. Cancer cells, or healthy cells affected by cancer, produce and release these odor signatures.

Which animal has human-like fingerprints?

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Which animal has human-like fingerprints?
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The Koala.
Koala fingerprints were discovered in 1996. Although there are other animals with fingerprints similar to human, the remarkable thing is that the fingerprints of koalas have been evolved independently and recently during their evolutionary history.

What color are the spots of a common ladybug?

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What color are the spots of a common ladybug?
Red.
Incorrect.
White.
Incorrect.
Black.
Correct!
There are many species of ladybugs, and they all have little different colors and patterns. The most common one is red with black spots; other color combinations are yellow with black spots, dark blue with orange spots and black with white spots.

What is the only mammal capable of actual flight?

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In what country can be found the most asian elephants in their natural habitat?
Flying Squirrel.
Incorrect.
Bats.
Correct!
Bats are mammals with their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals naturally capable of real flight. There are more than 1,000 species of bats worldwide, and they can be found almost anywhere in the world except polar regions and deserts. Other mammals such as flying squirrels, colugos and gliding possums can’t actually fly.
Colugo.
Incorrect.