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Animal Trivia Shared in Burlington Reports Over the Years

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Horizontales
The ____ is born underwater. (August 2013 issue)
It takes a ____ two weeks to digest its food. (Spring/Summer 2019 issue)
At birth, a ____ is smaller than a mouse and weighs about four ounces. (August 2013 issue)
A group of owls is called a ____. (from Spring/Summer 2023 issue's crossword puzzle)
____ can change from one sex to another and back again. (from Spring/Summer 2023 issue's crossword puzzle)
An ____ is nearly 6 feet long, yet its mouth is only an inch wide. (Spring/Summer 2017 issue)
A baby ____ is called a "cria" which is Spanish for baby. (from Spring/Summer 2023 issue's crossword puzzle)
____ cats are almost always female. (December 2012 issue)
The oldest recorded ____ lived for 82 years. (August 2013 issue)
The ____ is the only dog that can't bark but it is known to make a sound resembling yodeling. (June 2012 issue)
The domestic ____ is the only species able to hold its tail vertically while walking. (August 2012 issue)
I'm a very social animal that lives in large groups that can contain as many as a few hundred members. We form close bonds by feeding, sleeping and grooming together. Our teeth are very similar to human teeth with a series of large, flat molars, perfect for grinding down vegetation. We can save extra food for later in our flexible cheek pouches! What am I? (Fall/Winter 2017 issue)
Bears do not actually hibernate in winter; they go into a state called ____, which is similar to, but is not actually, hibernation. (Fall/Winter 2019 issue)
A ____'s neck contains the same number of vertebrae as a human neck. (August 2011 issue)
The Greek writer ____ is considered the first person to write about dogs. Dogs are mentioned frequently in The Odyssey. (February 2012 issue)
Both humans and cats have identical regions in the brain responsible for ____. (February 2012 issue and August 2012 issue)
Long, muscular hind legs enable snow ____ to leap seven times their own body length in a single bound. (June 2013 issue)
What is the technical term for a cat's hairball? (December 2012 issue)
A ____ doesn't actually change color to blend into its surroundings; this actually has more to do with communicating its moods as well as with temperature and light. (Fall/Winter 2019 issue)
The ____ is the only animal capable of turning its stomach inside-out. (from Spring/Summer 2023 issue's crossword puzzle)
Verticales
A ____ is a mammal in the family Ochotonidae, placed among the same order as hares and rabbits. This rabbit relative can be found in North America and parts of Eurasia, and it strongly resembles a hamster, although not closely related. (June 2013 issue)
The ____ of a shrimp is located in its head. (Spring/Summer 2019 issue)
A ____'s hump does not actually store water; it stores fat; enough to go for 3 weeks without eating. (Fall/Winter 2019 issue)
____ foxes dwell in underground dens in the sandy Sahara and elsewhere in North Africa. (June 2013 issue)
____ have no gall bladders. (Spring/Summer 2017 issue)
____ fingerprints are almost indistinguishable from human fingerprints. (Spring/Summer 2022 issue)
The belief that female dogs have better personalities if they are allowed to have a litter before being ____ is actually a myth. (February 2012 issue)
The only mammals to undergo ____ are elephants , humpback whales and humans. (from Spring/Summer 2023 issue's crossword puzzle)
An adult ____'s roar can be heard up to five miles (eight kilometers) away. (June 2013 issue)
____ puppies are born without spots. (June 2012 issue, December 2012 issue, and August 2013 issue)
An ____ has three hearts. (Spring/Summer 2017 issue)
In the wild, ____ are larder hoarders; they use their cheek pouches to transport food to their burrows. Their name in the local Arabic dialect where they were found translates to "mister saddlebags" due to the amount of storage space in their cheek pouches. (June 2013 issue)
____ dogs are actually a kind of a rodent. (June 2012 issue)
The ____ is the fastest dog breed, reaching speeds of 45 mph. (June 2012 issue)
Cats have a small scent gland in the roof of the mouth called the vomeronasal organ. A cat will open its mouth to draw odors to this scent organ. This fierce-looking behavior is called the _____ reaction. (June 2011 issue)
At birth, baby ____ are only about an inch long; no bigger than a large water bug or a queen bee. (August 2013 issue)
____ do not roar, as the other big cats do. Instead, they purr. (June 2013 issue)