Statistics for The Porpoise Quiz

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Main component of their diet	Fish	100%
Sense that porpoises do not have	Smell	100%
Essential biological process which most mammals do unconsciously but porpoises do consciously	Breathing	67%
Primary sense they use	Echolocation	67%
Species of porpoise (only lives in coastal waters in southern South America)	Burmeister's porpoise	33%
Species of porpoise (largest species and is black and white)	Dall's porpoise	33%
Species of porpoise (lives in waters surrounding China, Korea, and Japan)	East Asian finless porpoise	33%
Name for their two limbs which help them swim	Flippers	33%
Fishing practice which threatens porpoise populations	Gillnetting	33%
Species of porpoise (stays close to the coast and is the most familiar to whale watchers and scientists)	Harbour porpoise	33%
Species of porpoise (lives in the Indian Ocean and in around Southeast Asia)	Indo-Pacific finless porpoise	33%
Organ located in the skull which sends out high frequency clicks	Melon	33%
Species of porpoise (little-known and lives in Antarctic and subantarctic waters)	Spectacled porpoise	33%
Species of porpoise (smallest species and almost extinct)	Vaquita	33%
Species of porpoise (lives in freshwater and formerly considered to be a subspecies of the former)	Yangtze finless porpoise	33%
Name of biological family which contains porpoises	Phocoenidae	0%