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Animal Mix: Nature’s Funniest Job Interview 25

A playful mixed-animal quiz for children aged 8-14. This set features Red kangaroo, Emperor penguin, Saltwater crocodile, Western gorilla, Platypus, Great white pelican, Common clownfish, Bornean orangutan, Giant anteater, Great spotted woodpecker.

10 questions 10 mins Children 8-14

Question 1 · multiple choice

Which location would make a Red kangaroo say, “Finally—this feels like home”?

dry grasslands, shrublands, and desert plains savannas and woodlands near dependable water Arctic sea ice, coasts, and nearby islands grasslands, savannas, wetlands, and open forest

Question 2 · multiple choice

An Emperor penguin wins a free buffet—but only one table matches its usual diet. Which table?

small to medium antelopes, hares, and ground birds fish, squid, and krill caught underwater fish, crayfish, frogs, and other aquatic animals wild sheep, goats, marmots, pikas, and birds

Question 3 · multiple choice

Which timetable would a Saltwater crocodile be most likely to approve?

feeds by day and rests while ruminating forages by day or night and migrates over long distances often hunts at night but basks by day often browses in the cooler hours and rests in short periods

Question 4 · multiple choice

Which movement clue identifies a Western gorilla without showing its face?

climbs walls and ceilings with adhesive toe pads stalks low before a short, powerful chase trots quietly and pounces high onto prey hidden under grass or snow knuckle-walks on the ground and climbs carefully when needed

Question 5 · multiple choice

Which adaptation gives a Platypus a genuine advantage rather than an imaginary superpower?

electroreceptors in the bill detect tiny muscle signals from hidden prey black skin and dense water-repellent fur help absorb and retain heat a narrow snout and tongue reaching rapidly into nests collect insects an expandable throat pouch scoops fish but does not store them long term

Question 6 · multiple choice

Which parent-and-young clue correctly points to a Great white pelican?

calves are born during a brief spring period and move within hours chicks hatch in a ground colony and are fed regurgitated fish females bury eggs in soil after mating a foal can stand and follow its mother soon after birth

Question 7 · multiple choice

Which group-behaviour clue is a realistic match for a Common clownfish?

mostly solitary, marking large overlapping territories pairs share nesting duties and may use the same site repeatedly lives in a size-ranked group within one anemone pairs may greet with colour changes and synchronised movements

Question 8 · multiple choice

Which behind-the-scenes nature job is performed by a Bornean orangutan?

stirs wetland sediment and links microscopic food to larger predators acts as a top predator and scavenger on its islands selects vulnerable prey and becomes food for scavengers when kills are stolen disperses seeds of many large forest fruits

Question 9 · multiple choice

Which “Stay Safe” instruction was written by nature for a Giant anteater?

rears up and sweeps powerful claws when unable to escape avoids fights by surrendering prey to stronger competitors escapes through water, twists quickly, and can bite if trapped relies on camouflage and inaccessible cliffs rather than confronting threats

Question 10 · true false

True or False: This “strange but true” clue belongs to the great spotted woodpecker: drumming mainly advertises territory and mates rather than searches for food.

True False