Animals that Start with S

It doesn’t matter how you pronounce the word though, the bird is called a stork.

Quizz creator wasn't asking about the eggs, but the name of the fish that spawned the eggs known as caviar.

Hey, you don't get to the lofty heights of level 3 by being a slouch.

"Speedy fish with a very sharp bill" could also include "sailfish." And kcd317, all fish eggs are roe, but only sturgeon and paddlefish (Family Acipenseriformes) eggs are caviar.

There is no error here. The plural of Octopus (in English) is Octopuses. If you want a non-English response, yes, it's Octopedes - because it comes from Greek. But, I bet you're one of those hypercorrectors who say Octopi as though the word comes from Latin. Either way, you're wrong and the Quizmaster is correct.

The Oxford English Dictionary lists octopuses, octopi, and octopodes (the order reflecting decreasing frequency of use), stating that the last form is rare. The online Oxford dictionary states that the standard plural is octopuses, that octopodes is still occasionally used, and that octopi is incorrect.

All are acceptable.

Only the naughty ones who don't eat their veges.

I did that too! I got into such a rhythm of sea creatures that I took a full 20 seconds to figure out my folly.

3 minutes left, couldn't find Springbok

'Sailfish' should also be an acceptable answer as well as 'Swordfish'. Sailfish can travel at over 100km/h

The Ugly Duckling was a baby swan (hence the "ling", known as a cygnet or swanling.

He had to grow up to realize he was beautiful. So swan is correct rather than cygnet or "swanling"

A stag is NOT a male deer!

What is a stag then? Because it is customary for some large male deer to be called a stag......most people do know the term buck, but stag is also another term for an older, larger male deer.

Maybe you are thinking 'stag night' -that's not a male deer, that's a gathering that resembles and sounds like the stag that is the male deer.

Did you think they were horses

Could not think of stag, actually came up with Sika deer which I have no idea what that is but it was floating around in my head lol

Sika is a species of deer native to eastern Asia, also known as Japanese deer or spotted deer. They were introduced, and have become well established, in many other places around the world, including several east coast and mid-western states of the US.

Shrimp and prawn are not the same thing.

So, really, 6% don't know that shepherds are literally that, sheep herders ??? sheesh !!!

He was the skunk who tried to woo that female skunk - with his romantic french accent.

In all fairness, she often had the misfortune of having a paintbrush paint a white strip on her back. Regardless, I hope Pepe Le Pew rots in an Acme jail cell for constantly attempting assault.

swine is a collective term.

No it isn't. It is a synonym for pig.

and that bird would be?

Sea lions and walruses are NOT subtypes of seal. They are relatives, but definitely not seals themselves.

This is another one of those things where there is a common term that we all accept and biologists have a different way of classifying things. We had a definition for seal, and scientists came in and realized that all pinnipeds share traits and have a common ancestor and started labelling walruses as seals. It's like how scientists realized that the common term for berries is hard to define biologically, so scientists told us to stop calling strawberries berries.

snakes don't slither

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