Hint
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Answer
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China is said to be shaped like what animal?
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chicken
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What animal is known as "man's best friend"?
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dog
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What animal supposedly sheds tears while consuming its prey, leading to a figure of speech about insincere emotion?
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crocodile
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The rulers of Thailand and Myanmar own rare white individuals of what animal? (If you receive one as a gift, you'll have to feed it, but you can't put it to work because it's considered sacred. It may become an unwanted burden.)
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elephant
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How many of the signs of the Chinese Zodiac are real (not fantastical) animals?
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11
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How many of the signs of the Western Zodiac are real (not fantastical) animals? (Hint: Capricorn is a "sea goat"—half goat and half fish.)
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6
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Malaria is borne by what animal?
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mosquito
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Lyme disease is borne by what animal?
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tick
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The elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha rode on what animal?
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mouse or rat
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The Norse god of thunder, Thor, rode in a chariot drawn by what animal?
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goats
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In the Bible, Jesus cast demons out of a man and into what animal?
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pigs
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In South Asian and Southest Asian folklore, what animal stamps out fires?
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rhinoceros
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In the Chinese classical novel Journey to the West, the powerful and mischievous Sun Wukong was what animal?
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monkey
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Princess Odette was transformed into what animal?
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swan
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In Life of Pi, a boy is stranded in a boat with what animal?
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tiger
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Tyrian purple dye, one of the most expensive substances in the ancient world, comes from what animal?
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snail
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Roman emperor Caligula allegedly planned to appoint what animal to the office of consul?
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horse
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What animal is very common in European heraldry, despite not roaming Europe since the Stone Age?
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lion
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What animal roamed North America in herds so vast they reportedly stretched from horizon to horizon?
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bison
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What domestic animal that originated in the New World gets its English name from a place on the Mediterranean?
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turkey
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What domestic animal that originated in the New World gets its English name from a place in Russia?
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Muscovy duck
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The oil used to lubricate machinery in the Industrial Revolution came primarily from what animal?
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whale
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The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 was allegedly started by what animal?
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cow
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King Alexander of Greece died in 1920 of an infected bite from what animal?
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monkey
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What was the first animal to orbit the earth?
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dog
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