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Here are a few trivia questions on our book ''We get Giggly on a Safari!''

1. Are the blue-footed boobies real? Or are they a name made up by children? (You can have fun and do a research on the internet)

2. How many kinds of animals have horns in our book?

3. Do all of these animals have permanent horns?
Or like deer, do they loose their antlers every year?

4. What is the name of Emma’s dog?

How observant are you? …

5. What color are Emma’s socks?

6. On the clothes line, there is a ham steak. What piece of clothing is hung on the line as well?

7. Name all the animals contained in our book.

8. What kind of snacks does Mr. Scott offer the kids at his house?

9. Towards the end of the story, what are the things Emma fetches out of her little bag?

10. Name the kind of monkey Emma and Marcov encounter in their imaginary adventure.




Answers

1.Yes, the blue-footed boobies do exist. These birds live mainly in large colonies on the Galapagos Islands, South America.
2. There are two kinds of animals: goats and antelopes.
*See explanation below.
3. Goats and antelopes have permanent horns.
4. His name is Duster.
5. They are blue and red.
6. There is a pair of underwear, a pair of pants and two socks on the clothes line.
7. In our book there are giraffes, elephants, leopards, rhinoceros, zebras, blue-footed boobies, lions, macaques monkeys, crocodiles, antelopes, goats, and dogs.
8. Mr. Scott gives them some cookies and a glass of milk.
9. Emma fetches her camera, a hair brush and a cookie for Duster.
10. In their imaginary world, they encounter macaque monkeys.

*Question #2: Our research shows that the term horn, used loosely, will include all animals with one or few pointed protuberances on their head - small or big, long or short.

But when we researched "what is a horn?", and we defined what it is made of, the technical side of things shows that a horn is made of keratin and other proteins.

So, we can only conclude that the animals with real horns belong to the Antelope family and the Bovine family (cow, buffalo, yak, goat).
Conclusion - our suggestion for a research:
- Giraffes: They have some protuberances on the head, the term “ossicones” are used to define them. They are covered with hair that is why it can be mistaken for a horn. But they’re not horns.
- Deer: Every year the deer shed and regrow their antlers. Their antlers are made of bones, and they are not horns.
- The horns of the rhinoceros are made of keratin (compacted hair) so they’re not "true horns".


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