Quiz: How much do you know about exotic plants and animals?
BY READERS DIGEST
11th Oct 2018 Animals & Pets
This quiz is dedicated to some of the odder worlds in the plant and animal kingdoms: test your knowledge of exotic creatures and see how well you do...
Question 1: What is a hamadryad?
- A poisonous Indian snake
- A bird of prey
- A sub-Saharan flowering bush
Question 2: What is brooklime?
- The name of a slug's trail
- A water plant related to the speedwells
- The seedpod of a spotted rock rose
Question 3: What is a cardoon?
- A plant related to the artichoke
- The ancestor of the horse
- A species of pygmy antelope
Question 4: What type of animal is an onager?
- A Russian bird
- An American shrew
- An Asian wild ass
Question 5: Where on a duck would you find its speculum?
- Its beak
- Its underbelly
- Its wing
Question 6: From what is jojoba derived?
- Sperm whale
- A desert shrub
- Avocado pear
Question 7: What is a crested caracara?
- A colobus monkey
- A European newt
- An American bird of prey
Question 8: What are genets and civets?
- Mammals related to the mongoose
- Songbirds
- Squirrels
Question 9: What is a wart-biter?
- A leech
- A bush cricket
- An African wading bird
Question 10: What is an amethyst deceiver?
- A migratory butterfly
- A lizard
- A type of fungus
Here are the answers: See how well you did!
- A poisonous Indian snake
- A water plant related to the speedwells
- A plant related to the artichoke
- An Asian wild ass
- Its wing
- A desert shrub
- An American bird of prey
- Mammals related to the mongoose
- A bush cricket
- A type of fungus
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