Question 1: Which species of rhinoceros is featured in today’s image?
- White rhinoceros
- Javan rhinoceros
- Sumatran rhinoceros
Correct Answer: White rhinoceros
Fact: The white rhinoceros, one of the largest land mammals, has two subspecies: the southern white rhinoceros and the critically endangered northern white rhinoceros. They primarily graze on grasses in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Kenya.
Question 2: In which country did the last male northern white rhinoceros live?
- Tanzania
- Kenya
- South Africa
Correct Answer: Kenya
Fact: The last male northern white rhinoceros in the world, named Sudan, spent his last years at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia, Kenya, in the hope he would breed with the remaining females of his subspecies. This effort failed, and he died in 2018 after becoming a global icon for conservation and the dangers of poaching. Scientists are working on a way to bring this species back.
Question 3: The dodo was native to which island before it went extinct?
- Madagascar
- Seychelles
- Mauritius
Correct Answer: Mauritius
Fact: Native to Mauritius, the last dodo bird died in the late 17th century. Discovered by Portuguese sailors around 1507, these flightless birds became an easy source of fresh meat for their voyages. With no natural predators before humans arrived, the dodo’s population rapidly declined. Weighing about 50 pounds, dodos had large beaks and stout bodies. They nested on the ground, making them vulnerable to predators, and laid just one egg at a time.