Question | Answer |
What are some uses of the elephants (probiscis) trunk? | inhale water, break branches, pick up branches,scratch, defend itself, shake hands |
What other tool besides their trunk do elephants use to defend themselves
with? | tusks |
How do we know mammoths used to exist? | We have uncovered many bones, tusks,and skeletons in Siberia |
Where do the mastodons live? | In the forests |
How are horses and donkeys different? | Donkeys have larger ears,they are smaller and have a more stubborn disposition |
What are rhinos horns made of? | Keratin |
What did God give zebras that is similar to our fingerprints? | Their stripes |
What are some uses of the elephants tusks? | peel bark from trees, dig,move logs |
Why do elephants spray dust on themselves? | Because it acts like a sunscreen, and a bug repellant |
Are horses cold or warm blooded? | warm blooded |
What is a yearling? | A horse between a year and two years old. |
A female horse that is not fully grown is called what? | A filly |
Mammoths help us to understand what about the temp of Siberia? | It must have been warmer there in the past in order to provide food for the mammoths |
How are zebras and donkeys alike? | They both have a fierce bite, coarse manes,large ears and a powerful kick |
Horses are digitrades which means what? | They run on their toes |
How are mammoths like elephants? | Both have trunks, tusks, and they are the same size and shape |
What kind of molars do mastodons have? | jagged |
What are the 4 basic ways a horse walks? | walk, trot, canter and gallop |
Mastodons, unlike mammoths have a second pair of what? | Tusks |
What is a "gait"? | The way a horse walks |
What is unusual about the horses legs? | They have no muscles below their knees |
Before cars how did people get around? | on horses |