This quiz is devoted to our flying (and sometimes flightless) feathered friends. Can you bring home a victory to feather your nest?
#1. Which of the following animals are birds most closely related to?
Birds are members of the Dinosauria clade.
#2. What is the heaviest species of bird alive today?
Ostriches can weigh more than 140 kilograms!
#3. Which of these chemicals is the main component of feathers?
Feathers are made from keratin, similar to keratin in your fingernails and hair.
#4. What was the first type of bird to hatch in space?
In 1990, quail eggs hatched in the Soviet space station Mir.
#5. Which of the following pet birds is NOT native to Australia?
Canaries come from, and are named after, the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa.
Results
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