Scavenger Hunt

You may either print this sheet and take it to the Zoo with you or do an online scavenger hunt or look at the animals page and find an animal at the Brandywine Zoo that:

1. lives in the Arctic.  ____________________

2. is the largest bird of prey in the world. ______________________

3. can reach a length of 13 feet and weigh 600 pounds. _____________________

4. sometimes eats porcupines. ______________________

5. is a bird but cannot fly. ____________________

6. is the largest rodent in the world.  _____________________

7. is related to the mongoose and is often called a bearcat. ____________________

8. spends most of its time upside down. ____________________

9. feeds its babies  the egg shells from which they have hatched. __________________

10. is used by man to carry things. ____________________

11. the males are called dogs, and the females are called vixens. ___________________

12. is a mammal with webbed feet and a streamlined body. _______________________

13. is one of the longest reptiles (over 30 feet long) in the world. ____________________

14. has been domesticated for almost 1,400 years ______________________

15. is a forager, hunts in small bands, and catches and eats almost anything it can find.
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16. lays 40-100 eggs and uses her body to incubate them, contracting her muscles to raise her body temperature. ___________________________

17. is a reptile that bears live young and gets to be up to 10-12 feet long. ______________________________

18. is a mammal with short spines _____________________________________

19. is a reptile that can't swim, but walks along the bottom of ponds _____________________

20. is a mammal that has tufts of white hair sticking out of its head ______________________

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