What kind of stork is this? Why, a spoonbill of course! (Roseate spoonbill Ajaia Ajaja) (Title Photo)
Dear Readers, great results again this week, with Anne getting 9 out of 10 and Fran and Bobby Freelove still invincible with 10 out of 10 – well done everyone! I suspect that tomorrow’s quiz will have a seasonal theme, so be prepared….
1)
C) A jaguar (much stockier than a leopard plus the fur pattern is lots of circles with dots in the middle
2)
A) A sun bear (the world’s smallest bear and a tremendous climber)
3)
D) An Indian rhinoceros
4)
C) Rheas
5)
A) A king penguin (very similar to an emperor penguin for sure, but slimmer and the colours on the head are slightly different).
6)
C) A Himalayan monal – a rather beautiful member of the pheasant family
7)
A) A bearded vulture (lammergeier) – there was one of these in the UK for weeks this summer, having flown over from the Alps.
8)
D) An Ethiopian red wolf – a very endangered canid.
9)
A) A mouse lemur (actually a pygmy mouse lemur) from Madagascar.
10)
C) A hellbender – an American giant salamander. It can grow to about 30 inches long, is critically endangered and can weigh up to 5lbs. However, this chap is tiny compared to the Chinese Giant Salamander, who can grow to almost 6 feet long and weighs in at 66 lbs. Blimey.
Photo Credits
Title photo By Charles J Sharp – Own work, from Sharp Photography, sharpphotography, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44134958
Photo One By Charles J Sharp – Own work, from Sharp Photography, sharpphotography.co.uk, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=87748243
Photo Two By Rushenb – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=95952469
Photo Three By Anuwar ali hazarika – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=49601462
Photo Four By Adrian Pingstone (Arpingstone) – Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5074712
Photo Five by By Andrew Shiva / Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=46589090
Photo Six by By Dibyendu Ash – File:Himalayan Monal Adult Male East Sikkim Sikkim India 11.05.2014.png, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47485009
Photo Seven By Richard Bartz, Munich aka Makro Freak – Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2888498
Photo Eight By Charles J Sharp – Own work, from Sharp Photography, sharpphotography.co.uk, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=66000154
Photo Nine By Original: Bikeadventure at German WikipediaModifications: Cornischong at Luxembourgish Wikipedia – Transferred from lb.wikipedia to Commons., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21197593
Photo Ten By Brian Gratwicke – originally posted to Flickr as Hellbender Cryptobranchus alleganiensis, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8021975
It was a fun quiz – thank you.
Must admit to totally falling in love with the Hellbender 🙂
My apologies, I meant to do the quiz ‘mid-week’ and I now discover it’s Friday already!! (Oh the joys of retirement!) I’d never have got 9 or 10 anyway, so congrats to Anne and Fran & Bobby. Awesome!