Animal Behavior quiz

More questions about Animal Behavior

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1. 1 Easy

   What were Jane Goodall's first tool-using chimps fishing for?

   Answer: Termites

   Why: She soon saw chimps strip the leaves off twigs to make their probes, so they were making tools, not just using them.

2. 2 Medium

   How did the horse Clever Hans really solve sums?

   Answer: Reading body language

   Why: With blinders hiding his questioner, Hans got only 6% right, against 89% when he could see the person.

3. 3 Hard

   Who picks a honeybee swarm's new home?

   Answer: Scout bees

   Why: The better the site, the longer and harder its scouts dance their waggle dance to advertise it.

4. 4 Easy

   What sea animal carries coconut shells to hide in?

   Answer: Octopus

   Why: Carrying stacked halves while stilt-walking on its arms, the veined octopus closes two around itself when it needs cover.

5. 5 Medium

   Where on a parent do herring gull chicks peck to get fed?

   Answer: Red bill spot

   Why: Chicks pecked even harder at a thin red stick with white bands than at a lifelike gull head, a classic supernormal stimulus.

6. 6 Hard

   What do burrowing owls spread around burrows to lure beetles?

   Answer: Dung

   Why: In tests, owls given cow dung at their burrows ate about ten times as many dung beetles as owls whose dung was taken away.