Quiz  /  Animal Mating Behavior Quiz

  • 1. 
    Peacock spiders, known for their exotic colors and bizarrely charming mating dances, are native to which country?

  • United Kingdom
  • India
  • United States
  • Australia

  • 2. 
    Male grouse and other birds aggregate and compete for the attention of females in groups known as what?

  • Pools
  • Leks
  • Pods
  • Murders

  • 3. 
    How do male dance flies entice prospective mates?

  • By staging mock battles with rivals
  • By pretending to be female
  • By presenting them with packages of food
  • By expanding their bodies to look larger

  • 4. 
    What is a hectocotylus?

  • A worm that parasitizes cephalopods
  • The mating arm of a cephalopod
  • An appendage used in cephalopod mating displays
  • An octopus egg case

  • 5. 
    What part of her mate’s body does a female sagebrush cricket eat?

  • His head
  • His legs
  • His wings
  • His whole exoskeleton

  • 6. 
    The giant garden slug dangles from what while mating?

  • A modified hair
  • A thread of silk
  • Its tail
  • A rope of slime

  • 7. 
    The males of which group of birds are known for creating elaborately decorated structures in order to entice mates?

  • Birds of paradise
  • Puffins
  • Bowerbirds
  • Peacocks

  • 8. 
    What is the name of the evolutionary phenomenon that accounts for the massive tails of peacocks?

  • Convergence
  • Aposematism
  • Mimicry
  • Sexual selection

  • 9. 
    The females of which type of animal compete for male attention, in a reversal of typical sex roles?

  • Pheasants
  • Pipefish
  • Elk
  • Goldfish

  • 10. 
    In which bird species will a homosexual male pair “adopt” a female and raise offspring with her?

  • Button quail
  • Jungle fowl
  • Greylag goose
  • White pelican
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