Conservation Week Quiz

What is a nudibranch?

• Tree

• Bird

• mollusc/sea slug

How often does the tuatara shed its skin?

• once a year

• twice a year

• never

True or false – Powelliphanta (native New Zealand snails) eat worms?

• True

• False

What bird lives in swamps and booms?

• matuku/bittern

• kiwi

• kākāpō

True or false – New Zealand geckos lay eggs?

• true

• false

What percentage of New Zealand birds are not found anywhere else in the world?

• 30%

• 50%

• 40%

• 70%

True or false – almost half the world’s whale and dolphin species are found in New Zealand?

• true

• false

A male seal is called a bull. What's a female seal called?

• joey

• pup

• cow

• mare

What is the main predator of whio/blue duck?

• stoat

• tiger

• pig

• rat

What's the fastest flight speed recorded for a long-tailed bat?

• 120 km/h

• 60 km/h

• 30 km/h