Animal Dads

What are spawning grounds?

• Where fish hide from predators.

• Where fish lay their eggs.

• Where fish go to eat.

• Where fish go to school.

Why should people not fish for bass in the spawning grounds?

• There are too many weeds so they will lose their hooks and lures.

• There are too many sunfish there so it is difficult to catch a bass.

• The male bass protects the eggs so if he is caught, all the eggs will get eaten and there will be no baby bass.

• It is too deep to reach the bottom.

How many hours a day do lions sleep?

• They sleep for 24 hours or more.

• They usually sleep about 6 hours.

• They only sleep 1 hour at a time.

• They can sleep for up to 18 hours.

What is the male lion's main job?

• He keeps the pride safe by protecting them.

• He looks for the best places to hide.

• He hunts for food every day.

• He sleeps all day and does not have to work.

What is special about male seahorses?

• They can swallow golf balls easily.

• They give birth to the babies through a pouch on their bellies.

• They have beautiful curly tails and the females do not.

• They can shrink or grow in size by sucking in water.

How many baby seahorses can fit in the male seahorse's pouch?

• Up to 100

• Up to 500

• Up to 1000

• Up to 1500

A puffin is a little seabird. How far out to sea can it fly?

• up to 10 km

• up to 50 km

• up to 100 km

• up to 1000 km

What is special about the puffin's beak?

• It is specially designed to catch and hold a lot of small fish.

• It is bright and pretty to look at which attracts the fish.

• It allows them to sense when fish are close by.

• It is made out of orange plastic.

Why does the male puffin need to catch so many fish?

• Because he can only eat once a week.

• Because he needs a lot of energy to fly so far every day.

• Because he brings them back to feed his mate and their chicks.

• Because he is greedy and eats too much.

Why do they call Buffalo Birds, otherwise known as Cowbirds, "nest parasites"?

• Because buffalo and cows are parasites.

• Because they eat the parasites in the nests

• Because they make their nests out of parasites (insects)

• Because they lay their eggs in other bird's nests