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Unusual North American Animal Adaptations Quiz

From frozen frogs to bearded bison - Take this quiz and test yourself on some of North America's weirdest animal facts!

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Beano Quiz Team • Updated January 27th 2025

North America is a huge, diverse and wild continent. From frozen Alaskan wastes to Mexican deserts, there are habitats and animals in North America that can't be found anywhere else! So take this quiz and test your knowledge of the continent's weirdest animal adaptations!

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Let's start off easy! What have beavers evolved to build in river banks?

2/10

What surprising thing can the wood frog do to make it through the winter?

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What is this creature that can roll up into an amoured ball?

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The 2nd fastest land animal is an antelope-like animal, called a... what?

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What does the Texas horned lizard squirt from it's eyes?

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When opossum's are threatened, they... what?

7/10 Bison forest

What do bison grow in winter?

8/10 A scorpion in the desert

What do scorpions do at night?

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American alligators build nests for their babies. True or false?

10/10

Porcupine spikes are really easy to pull out if you ever get spiked by one. True or false?

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