Pets quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   Which small pet songbird was historically used in coal mines to detect dangerous gases?

   Answer: Canary

   Why: A canary's high metabolic rate made it show distress from carbon monoxide long before human miners noticed anything.

2. 2 Medium

   How long is a goldfish's actual memory span instead of three seconds?

   Answer: at least three months

   Why: Goldfish in a Plymouth lab learned to press a lever for food, and once it only paid out one hour a day they turned up to press it on time.

3. 3 Hard

   Which sweetener causes fatal liver failure in dogs?

   Answer: Xylitol

   Why: Dogs mistake xylitol for glucose, triggering a massive insulin surge that crashes blood sugar.

4. 4 Easy

   Adult pet cats typically lose the ability to digest which common dairy drink?

   Answer: Cow's milk

   Why: After weaning off their mother's milk, cats stop producing the enzyme lactase needed to break down lactose.

5. 5 Medium

   What unit of measurement is used to determine a horse's height?

   Answer: Hands

   Why: One hand is exactly four inches, measured from the ground to the withers, and 15.2 hh means fifteen hands plus two inches.

6. 6 Hard

   What unusual social behavior have rats been observed doing?

   Answer: Freeing trapped friends

   Why: In the 2011 Science study the rats also opened a second container full of chocolate and shared the treat with the cagemate they had freed.