Wildlife Trivia

Want to know what animal lives the longest? Maybe learn what animal is responsible for more deaths than all wars & revolutions? How about which animal has the biggest eye?

These and many more slightly useless but highly entertaining wildlife trivia questions can be found on these pages and we're adding more all the time. Dive right in - amuse/annoy your friends for hours! We'll give you some quick cheat links to get started.

Longest living animal

Fastest animals on land, in the air and in the ocean 

Loudest animal on land and in the sea 

Most venomous animal

Deadliest animal 1 or deadliest animal 2

Largest eye in the world

What On Earth Is This?

OK so he's not real cute, but he is real big!

He also has the dubious distinction of being one of the most endangered creatures in the world.

If you really need to know what this is you can either email us or check back often as we revise the What On Earth Is This picture!

 This little buddy is a dumbo octopus.

Also known as the "Dumbo octopus",  the Grimpoteuthis is a benthic mollusc found on the ocean floor at depths of 300-400 meters. Dumbo octopuses, which can grow to up to 20 centimeters,  are soft-bodied or semi- gelatinous octopuses with a pair of fins located on their mantle and webbing between their arms. Grimpoteuthis swim by moving their fins, pulsing their webbed arms, pushing water through their funnel for  jet propulsion, or all three at once. They can swim up off the bottom and hover a bit just above the seafloor looking for snails, worms, and other food. 

http://www.mbari.org/data/info/grimpo.htm