Animal Wise Book By Virginia Morell! Trivia Quiz

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    What animal can recognize itself in a mirror as an individual?

    • Archerfish
    • Ants
    • Parrotlets
    • Dolphins
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Explore the cognitive abilities of animals in the 'Animal Wise Book by Virginia Morell! Trivia Quiz'. Assess your knowledge on how different animals use tools, communicate, and learn from observation, highlighting complex behaviors and emotional intelligence.

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  • 2. 

    What animal understands death and grieves for family members that have been lost?

    • Rats

    • Elephants

    • Dogs

    • Fish

    Correct Answer
    A. Elephants
    Explanation
    These highly social and family-oriented animals can recognize their own dead and even bury their family members (there have been reports of elephants doing this to human bodies as well). Elephants have also been seen grieving silently over the bodies of their clan members. Chimpanzees, blue jays, and pandas, as well as many other species, also grieve for their dead.



    Photo Credit: Virginia Morell.

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    What animal can understand some words and their meanings?

    • Fish

    • Parrots

    • Rats

    • Crows and Rooks

    Correct Answer
    A. Parrots
    Explanation
    Some captive parrots do not simply mimic their owners’ words, but they have the ability to understand spoken words and can use these to communicate their basic understanding of the world.



    Alex the Grey Parrot. Photo Credit: Irene Pepperberg.

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  • 4. 

    What furry friend of ours can communicate with humans in ways that even primates cannot?

    • Rats

    • Cats

    • Dogs

    • Hamsters

    Correct Answer
    A. Dogs
    Explanation
    Because of the close relationships between dogs and humans over a long period of time, domestic dogs have developed the ability to connect nonverbally with humans and have a deep desire to work with us. Studies have shown that some dogs can hear a word once or twice and know that the word stands for something.



    Photo Credit: Michael McRae.

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    What animals can build and use complex tools?

    • Crows and Rooks

    • Ants

    • Archerfish

    • Parrotlets

    Correct Answer
    A. Crows and Rooks
    Explanation
    Several studies have shown that these birds possess the ability to create different types of tools from available resources. For example, crows can bend straight wires into hooks to get at food, and rooks have demonstrated a basic understanding of physics by employing the principles of water displacement to better access food.



    Betty using the tool she invented and made to fetch a pail of meat!
    Photo Credit: Animal Behaviour Research Group, Oxford.

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    What often hunted and farmed animal can experience emotions, is self-aware, and is conscious?

    • Rats

    • Ants

    • Parrotlets

    • Fish

    Correct Answer
    A. Fish
    Explanation
    In the past, researchers believed that fish had very simple brains. However, new studies have found that fish not only feel pain but also can suffer, which indicates a psychological process.


    Photo Credit: Gürkan Sengün / CC -BY -SA-3.0.

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    What animal has a short-term memory that sometimes surpasses that of humans?

    • Dogs

    • Chimpanzees

    • Dolphins

    • Parrots

    Correct Answer
    A. Chimpanzees
    Explanation
    Studies have shown that in some tests, these primates can hold onto a short term memory far longer than humans can. In addition, chimpanzees can learn their cultural traditions through observation and spread these traditions to other populations.



    Ayumu solving a memory test.
    Photo Credit: Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Kyoto Primate Research Institute.

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    What was one of the first non-human animals found with the ability to teach?

    • Dogs

    • Ants

    • Archerfish

    • Elephants

    Correct Answer
    A. Ants
    Explanation
    Some ants are considered to be teachers because they sacrifice their own well-being in order to teach other ants in their colonies.

     

    Photo of painted rock ant workers (Temnothorax albipennis) Photo Credit: Nigel R. Franks (copyright), University of Bristol

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    What animal surprisingly can giggle and even understands the concept of playtime?

    • Rats

    • Parrots

    • Fish

    • Crows and Rooks

    Correct Answer
    A. Rats
    Explanation
    Despite their short life span, rats can actually laugh and recognize playtime. Their need to play shows that this trait may be a primal necessity of many animals.


    Photo Credit: ©iStockphoto.com/Argument.

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    What animal has a way of communicating that in some ways resembles human language?

    • Dogs

    • Archerfish

    • Rats

    • Parrotlets

    Correct Answer
    A. Parrotlets
    Explanation
    These birds have calls that serve as names, and can articulate their own names as well as others’. This has led researchers to believe that they may have something like conversations with one another.



    Photo Credit: Karl Berg

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    What animal can make complex movements without practice by watching a more skilled animal of its species do it first?

    • Chimpanzees

    • Rats

    • Parrots

    • Archerfish

    Correct Answer
    A. Archerfish
    Explanation
    These fish can learn to shoot water at difficult targets by visualizing themselves making the shot. This would be the equivalent of watching Kobe Bryant dunk a basketball a hundred times and being able to do it yourself afterward!


    Photo Credit: Tanja Fuchsberger and Stefan Schuster.

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