Join our zoo community

Zoo Roulette

Discussion in 'General Zoo Discussion' started by Tig, 9 Aug 2010.

  1. Tig

    Tig Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    30 May 2010
    Posts:
    111
    Location:
    Brooklyn NY
    I don't know if a thread like this has ever been around before, but it is now. These are the rules.

    I ask a zoo or animal related trivia question, and you guys answer. Whoever gets it right has to post up their own question. But we gotta keep it going! If you don't post up the new question in 24 hours, the poster of the original question goes again. Also, the poster of the current question has the right to pull the question in favor of another one, if he/she feels it's too hard. Okay? First question:

    This New World Vulture was thought to just be a legend until South America was explored in detail. It has been seen only once in the States, and that's in Central Florida. It is known as the only Vulture than can pierce the hyde of freshly dead animals.


    Aaaaaaaaand... GO!
     
  2. The 513

    The 513 New Member

    Joined:
    27 Jun 2010
    Posts:
    2
    Location:
    Cincinnati
    King Vulture

    Second most numerous penguin species? and remember, NO GOOGLING!
     
  3. Tig

    Tig Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    30 May 2010
    Posts:
    111
    Location:
    Brooklyn NY
    Macaroni Penguin, my good sir!

    This Southeast Asian Terrapin is much unlike it's North American counterpart of the same name in that it is a semi-aquatic Turtle, or Terrapin, while the similarly named North American animal is a Tortoise. It is instantly indentifiable by it's black head with yellow borders on the jaws and snout, plus the creamy white underside of the lower jaw and shell.

    Aaaaaand... GO!
     
  4. Tig

    Tig Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    30 May 2010
    Posts:
    111
    Location:
    Brooklyn NY
    No one? :D

    [​IMG]
     
  5. kbaker116

    kbaker116 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    2 Apr 2009
    Posts:
    359
    Location:
    Michigan, United States
    Malayan Box Turtle?
     
  6. Tig

    Tig Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    30 May 2010
    Posts:
    111
    Location:
    Brooklyn NY
    Yep! Great job!! Your turn, kbaker:D
     
  7. kbaker116

    kbaker116 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    2 Apr 2009
    Posts:
    359
    Location:
    Michigan, United States
    This bovid is notorious for its aggression. From the looks of this animal you would never guess it could jump so high. Henry Doorly Zoo has the largest number of these guys in the United States.

    If you read "The Life of Pi" this animal is the first that escapes from its holding area.
     
  8. KCZooFan

    KCZooFan Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    9 Aug 2010
    Posts:
    838
    Location:
    Olathe, Kansas, USA
    Is it the Guar?
     
  9. The 513

    The 513 New Member

    Joined:
    27 Jun 2010
    Posts:
    2
    Location:
    Cincinnati
    WRONG! Chinstrap penguin
     
  10. Tig

    Tig Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    30 May 2010
    Posts:
    111
    Location:
    Brooklyn NY
    Shut up Joe!! *SMACK*

    Haha.

    Keep going guys.
     
  11. kbaker116

    kbaker116 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    2 Apr 2009
    Posts:
    359
    Location:
    Michigan, United States
    Ding Ding Ding you got it!
     
  12. Tig

    Tig Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    30 May 2010
    Posts:
    111
    Location:
    Brooklyn NY
    KC's turn!
     
  13. KCZooFan

    KCZooFan Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    9 Aug 2010
    Posts:
    838
    Location:
    Olathe, Kansas, USA
    This playful carnivore is the largest in its family. The largest group of them in the US is in Philadelphia.
     
  14. jwer

    jwer Well-Known Member 15+ year member

    Joined:
    22 Jan 2007
    Posts:
    1,514
    Location:
    Groningen, Netherlands
    Giant otters :)

    An individual of this family once escaped it's enclosure by night, to snack on it's neighbours only to sneakily return to it's own enclosure before it's stumped keepers returned the next morning.

    Only with security camera's did they reveal what made the animals in it's neighbouring enclosure disappear...
     
  15. Tig

    Tig Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    30 May 2010
    Posts:
    111
    Location:
    Brooklyn NY
    Any details about the animal itself? At what zoo did it happen?
     
  16. Devi

    Devi Well-Known Member 10+ year member

    Joined:
    27 Oct 2009
    Posts:
    452
    Location:
    Birmingham, UK
    Octopus, I've heard the story many times, don't know the species though.
     
  17. Tig

    Tig Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    30 May 2010
    Posts:
    111
    Location:
    Brooklyn NY
    Oh wow this thread lives :D

    You go now Devi since no one has touched this thread in ages.
     
  18. Devi

    Devi Well-Known Member 10+ year member

    Joined:
    27 Oct 2009
    Posts:
    452
    Location:
    Birmingham, UK
    What can I say, I'm bored at work.

    Ok, this elderly individual is the last of his kind and sadly is infertile.
     
  19. Dom

    Dom Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    26 Dec 2008
    Posts:
    171
    Location:
    UK
    Galapagos giant Tortoise, from Isla Pinta?
     
  20. Tig

    Tig Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    30 May 2010
    Posts:
    111
    Location:
    Brooklyn NY
    Oh! It's that Lonely___ Galapagos Tortoise?