WILD ZOO FACTS
🕵️ Spot the Fake

Real or Fake?

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Some of these animal facts are real and some are made up. Circle your answer for each one.

  1. 1.“The Anglerfish fishes with a glowing lure that grows right out of its own forehead.”REAL / FAKE
  2. 2.“The Anglerfish shoots its prey out of the air with a high-speed jet of water, like a living water gun.”REAL / FAKE
  3. 3.“The Bowerbird has a dagger-shaped claw up to five inches long on each foot, and can slash with a single kick.”REAL / FAKE
  4. 4.“The Archerfish glues the drained corpses of its victims onto its own back, building a tower of bodies taller than itself.”REAL / FAKE
  5. 5.“The Axolotl can regrow its legs, heart, spine, eyes and even parts of its brain.”REAL / FAKE
  6. 6.“The Assassin Bug can regrow its legs, heart, spine, eyes and even parts of its brain.”REAL / FAKE
  7. 7.“The Bombardier Beetle fires boiling toxic spray out of its body in rapid machine-gun pulses, up to 500 times a second.”REAL / FAKE
  8. 8.“The Bowerbird builds an entire decorated gallery out of sticks just to win a mate.”REAL / FAKE
  9. 9.“The Bombardier Beetle builds an entire decorated gallery out of sticks just to win a mate.”REAL / FAKE
  10. 10.“The Assassin Bug glues the drained corpses of its victims onto its own back, building a tower of bodies taller than itself.”REAL / FAKE
  11. 11.“The Axolotl fires boiling toxic spray out of its body in rapid machine-gun pulses, up to 500 times a second.”REAL / FAKE
  12. 12.“The Archerfish shoots its prey out of the air with a high-speed jet of water, like a living water gun.”REAL / FAKE
🔑 Teacher answer key
  1. 1. REAL — True — the Anglerfish really fishes with a glowing lure that grows right out of its own forehead.
  2. 2. FAKE — Fake — that's the Archerfish, not the Anglerfish.
  3. 3. FAKE — Fake — that's the Cassowary, not the Bowerbird.
  4. 4. FAKE — Fake — that's the Assassin Bug, not the Archerfish.
  5. 5. REAL — True — the Axolotl really can regrow its legs, heart, spine, eyes and even parts of its brain.
  6. 6. FAKE — Fake — that's the Axolotl, not the Assassin Bug.
  7. 7. REAL — True — the Bombardier Beetle really fires boiling toxic spray out of its body in rapid machine-gun pulses, up to 500 times a second.
  8. 8. REAL — True — the Bowerbird really builds an entire decorated gallery out of sticks just to win a mate.
  9. 9. FAKE — Fake — that's the Bowerbird, not the Bombardier Beetle.
  10. 10. REAL — True — the Assassin Bug really glues the drained corpses of its victims onto its own back, building a tower of bodies taller than itself.
  11. 11. FAKE — Fake — that's the Bombardier Beetle, not the Axolotl.
  12. 12. REAL — True — the Archerfish really shoots its prey out of the air with a high-speed jet of water, like a living water gun.

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