ANIMAL ENCLOSURE POP QUIZ

The type of material an animal has in the bottom of an enclosure is called:

• furniture

• substrate

• territory

Zoos use what territory type when designing enclosure size for specific species?

• tertiary territory

• secondary teritory

• home range

The heat lamp on this bearded dragon enclosure is furniture. True or false?

• true

• false

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The tiger playing with this toy is called what?

• substrate

• environmental enrichment

• territory

Which enclosure has the animals doing the most natural behaviors?

• the left one

• the right one

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The hamster wheel in this enclosure is called what?

• substrate

• furniture

• enclosure

Animal mental health is better with which enclosure? A with all they need to survive or b with extra things to cause more natural behaviors?

• a

• b

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The toys, rocks and other things in this meerkat enclosure are for what term?

• substrate

• environmental enrichment

• territory

Environmental enrichment is done for what reason?

• decrease stress

• allow more natural behaviors

• increase animal activity

• ALL the choices are correct

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As per our discussion, zoo animals are often in enclosures too small for them in todays modern zoos as they dont have their natural territory size.

• true

• false

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