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Fun nature and natural trivia questions and answers.

If a man had a jumping ability proportional to that of the minuscule flea--which can make a horizontal leap of over a foot--how far would one leap take him?
A: Five city blocks.

When you cross cattle with a buffalo, what do you get?
A: Beefalo.

An octopus has eight tentacles.  How many does it relative the squid have?
A: Ten.

What is the normal body temperature of a horse?
A: 100.5 F.

What living creature is believed to enjoy more hours of daylight annually than any other?
A: The Arctic tern, which travels twice a year from pole to pole--covering more than 20,000 miles round -tip--to enjoy nearly four months of continuous daylight during the Arctic summer and another four months during the Antarctic summer.

What male mammal has the greatest number of mates in a season?
A: The northern fur seal, which averages 40 to 60 mates a season.

What is the difference between poultry and fowl?
A: Poultry is domesticated fowl.

The winter sleep of bears and other animals in cold climates is known as hibernation.  What do we call the summer sleep of desert snails and other creatures in excessively warm or dry climates.?
A: Estivation.

How many eyes--or eye spots-- do most starfish have?
A: Five--one at the tip of each of its arms.

Fish travel in schools; what about whales?
A: They get together in gams or pods.

How many muscles are there in a n elephant's trunk?
A: 100,000.

How many beats per second does a bumblebee flap is wings?
A: 160.

What distance can the average healthy slug cover in a day?
A: 50 yards.  Slug races generally are held on a 1-yard course.

What bird is the only one to have nostrils at the tip of its bill?
A: The Kiwi.

How many hairs does the average human scalp contain?
A: Between 120,000 and 150,000

Do peacocks give birth to their young or do they lay eggs?
A: Neither--a peacock is male, but a peahen lays eggs.

What is the only food a koala bear will eat?
A: The leaves of the eucalyptus tree.

How fast do flying fish "fly"?
A: They average 35 mph and have been known to go as fast as 45 mph.

How many cubic feet of gas does a cow belch on an average day?
A: Thirty-five.

When lions and tigers mate, what do you call their cubs?
A: Ligres when the father is a  lion; tigons or tiglons when the father is a tiger.

What are the seven colors of the rainbow?
A: Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.

How many times a minute does the average adult elephant's heart beat?
A: Only 25. In man, the average adult heartbeat is 70 to 80 times per minute.

What animal always gives birth to identical quadruplets?
A: The nine-banded armadillo, known as Dasypus novemcinctus--the only armadillo native to the U.S.

How many sides are there to a snow crystal?
A: Six.

If seedless oranges don't have seeds, how are they propagated?
A :By grafting. The original seedless orange was a mutant.