Ready for another round of weird animal stuff?
13: According to lobsterologists, does the lobster always enter his or her burrow:
(a) head first
(b) sideways
(c) tail first?
14: Your canary has quit singing. Should you:
(a) never play music again
(b) get him a canaryfriend
(c) put him next to a running water faucet?
15: Is the horned lizard, once symbolic of Texas, now illegal even to touch because
it may carry:
(a) leprosy
(b) tuberculosis
(c) malaria?
16: You hate having ants inside your house. Should you:
(a) leave out a saucer of syrup so they’ll get really fat and can’t run from you;
(b) get an anteater
(c) squirt a little lemon juice along the bottoms of doors and on window sills?
17: When he gets bored, your dog chews on his paws. Should you:
(a) enroll him in group therapy
(b) make him wear mittens
(c) dab a little oil of clove on his favorite nibble spot?
18: Would you be more likely to see honeybees on your dandelions at:
(a) 9:00 a.m.
(b) 1:00 p.m.
(c) 4:00 p.m.?
19: Do chickens go to bed early because:
(a) there’s nothing on TV that chickens like
(b) they get up early
c) chickens can’t see at night?
20: Has duck research at Indiana State University shown that sleeping ducks:
(a)snore
(b) keep one eye open
(c) quack in their sleep?
21: Do spiders never get caught in their own webs because:
(a) they’re extremely brainy bugs
(b) they have oily legs
(c) they have glassy feet that won’t stick to the webbing?
22: If your rhino has two horns, you know it’s:
(a) female
(b) from India
(c)from Africa?
23: The vet says your Peekapoo needs an emergency appendectomy. Should you:
(a) ask if they accept Peekapooky General medical insurance
(b) call the Peekapoolice
(c) approve the surgery?
24:Is the largest snake:
(a) the boa constrictor
(b) the anaconda
(c) the python?
25: According to research at the University of Chicago, not only do birds dream, but they dream about:
(a) other birds
(b) worms
(c) songs they sing during the day?
26: You have decided to go into the lucrative sheep cheese and yogurt business. Will you want to import dairy sheep from:
(a) Argentina
(b) Germany
(c) Nigeria?
ANSWERS:
13- C Tail first.
14- C Canary musicologists recommend it.
15- C Malaria. Scientists at Texas A&M say other Texas lizards also may have it.
16- C The Old Farmer’s Almanac says this will repel ants.
17 - C The Old Farmers Almanac says oil of clove discourages nibbling dogs.
18- A At 9:00 a.m. At 1:00 p.m. they’re calling on your red clover. Apparently, certain blossoms release more nectar at certain hours.
19- C Chickens have terrible night vision
20- B Ducks on the outer edges of a group sleep with one eye open. Those in the center of the group confidently close both eyes.
21- B Spiders have self-oiling legs.
22- B Two horns=India; one horn=Africa.
23- B Dogs don’t have appendixes, but your Peekapoo may vary.
24- B The anaconda sometimes reaches 40 feet long. Pythons grow to about 35 feet. Boas come in third.
25- C Birds dream about their songs, have dream rehearsals, and sing the same songs better the next day.
26- B East Friesians are the world’s most productive dairy sheep, just as Holsteins are the most productive dairy cows. Both come from the same region of Germany.
