What do the names of some countries indicate? Countries of the world - amazing etymology African country is translated as the country of hippos
March 18th, 2015
Many people believe that hippos are slow and clumsy because of their size, but this is a dangerous misconception. Here's a video of a hippopotamus chasing a motorboat in Chobe National Park in Botswana. The boat driver manages to accelerate in time before the huge animal emerges from the water.
In 2014, a hippopotamus attack on a boat on a river in Niger killed 12 schoolchildren - seven girls and five boys. This data from the country's authorities is provided by Agence France-Presse. The incident occurred near the country's capital, Niamey. There were at least 18 people in the pie. Most of them were 12-13 year old children who were on their way to school located on the other side of the Niger River. Authorities did not specify how exactly they died.
Hippopotamuses, which often approach Niamey in search of deep places in Niger, frighten local residents. Experts note that adults are most aggressive when their young are around them. In such situations, hippos often attack cattle that graze on the banks of the river.
Let's find out more about these animals...
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Hippos are rightly considered one of the most dangerous African animals. But they pose a danger only to those who themselves try to threaten them. In fact, the hippo's personality has traits that many of us would envy. In this article we will try to tell you more about these amazing animals.
The life of a hippopotamus is somewhat reminiscent of the life of a retired heavyweight boxer. Calm, outwardly clumsy and phlegmatic, a little gloomy, but not an aggressive homebody. There are practically no enemies, all the neighbors know him well and are the first to greet him, and those who don’t know him try to stay away just in case. He doesn’t hurt little ones, and he can even provide help on occasion. Home, family, wealth - he has everything, and he doesn’t need anything that belongs to others. But if the “gopniks in the gateway” pester you, then...
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Don't believe me? Judge for yourself: predators are afraid to attack a hippopotamus because it is too terrible in anger, and it is well armed. Despite the fact that the hippopotamus is a herbivore, its teeth are perhaps the most terrible ones imaginable, especially the lower fangs. They grow throughout their lives and reach a length of over half a meter. In a fit of rage, a hippopotamus easily bites a giant Nile crocodile in half.
The African fat man is also no stranger to cunning and ingenuity. There is a known case when a hippopotamus, while grazing on the shore, was attacked by a lion. Probably, the king of beasts was too hungry, or something happened to his head, because lions usually avoid hippopotamuses. But, one way or another, this lion set his sights on the grass-chewing hippopotamus, and he paid for it. He didn’t even begin to tear him with his fangs and trample him with his strong legs, but simply grabbed him by the scruff of the neck and dragged him into the water, where it was deeper. There the poor lion choked to death.
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Here's another case: a hippopotamus resting in the river was attacked by... a shark. It was a fairly large (about two meters) specimen of the so-called herring shark, which lives mainly in the ocean. But by some miracle it was carried not just into the Mediterranean Sea, but also into the Nile Delta. And I must say, the herring shark is unusually aggressive and dangerous. Her teeth are long, sharp, curved back and form a continuous palisade. In her element, she does not let anyone through: a fish, a sea animal, a person - everything goes to feed her.
And this predator decided to feast on the hippopotamus, but literally attacked the wrong one. Unlike the case with the lion, the hippopotamus did the opposite with her - he dragged the sea monster to the shore and trampled her there. Who will now doubt that hippos have brains?
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Of course, there is a predator on earth - cruel and merciless, capable of destroying any animal. This is a man. But people, oddly enough, don’t need anything from hippos (as, in fact, hippos don’t need anything from people). They do not have valuable tusks or horns, and their teeth are not listed on the market. All that a hippopotamus has is just meat, and even that is far from a delicacy. During slavery, whips were made from the skin of hippopotamuses to drive slaves, but slavery was officially abolished, and the production of whips disappeared with it. So even people don’t touch hippos.
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Hippos lead a secluded life. You can walk several kilometers along the banks of the Nile and not see a single hippopotamus, and then suddenly it turns out that you passed dozens of animals and simply did not notice them. You can sail a boat a couple of meters from a hippopotamus and not pay attention to it. Among the debris that the Nile carries into the sea, it’s oh so difficult to spot a couple of small black “floats” - this is a hippopotamus escaping the heat, with only its eyes and nostrils exposed. During the day, animals lie at the bottom of the river. Their ears are “plugged” with special membranes that prevent water from entering. So during daylight hours the hippopotamus goes hungry, and only goes out to the promenade at night, and here, in terms of feeding, it has a blast. To feed itself, a hippopotamus has to eat 50-60 kilograms of grass per day.
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Of course, among hippos, like any other, there are conflicts. Sometimes during the mating season or when distributing food places, it ends in a fight and blood is spilled. But often the dispute over brides and territory is resolved quite peacefully. Male hippos periodically find out which of them is bigger. Usually, a contender for power approaches the commander-in-chief of the clan and stands next to him. Both hippopotamuses carefully examine each other, and the one who is not tall shyly retreats back home, and the larger specimen becomes (or remains) the “boss.” A war can only begin if both contenders have the same weight category.
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As for hippo traits such as kindness and generosity, here are a few examples.
The famous zoologist Dick Recassel witnessed how one of the antelopes that came to drink was attacked by a crocodile. A hippopotamus resting nearby came to the aid of the animal struggling in the teeth of the alligator. He fought off the antelope from the crocodile, pulled it ashore and began... licking its wounds. “The rarest case in the animal kingdom,” comments Recassel. - A real manifestation of mercy, and to a representative of a completely different species! Alas, help came too late. Half an hour later the antelope died from shock and blood loss. But the hippopotamus remained near her for another quarter of an hour, driving away the vultures that had flown down, until the sun forced him to return back to the river.”
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And just recently, visitors to a reserve in Kenya had the opportunity to observe the actions of a hippopotamus - almost a professional rescuer. Here is how it was. Wildebeest and zebra crossed the Mara River. The antelope calf, separated from its mother by the current, began to drown. Then a hippo emerged from the water and began to push the baby towards the shore. Soon he safely made it to land and joined his mother, who all this time could only helplessly watch what was happening. Less than ten minutes had passed before the same hippopotamus saved a drowning zebra. He helped her keep her head above the water and, like the “antelope,” pushed her towards dry land.
So these hippos are not such simple animals.
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Common hippopotamuses spend almost all their time in water, most often in fresh water bodies. They can occasionally go to sea.
If earlier the animal was found in many places on the globe, now a very small number of them are preserved only in areas south of the Sahara. But even in Africa there are fewer and fewer of them due to the fact that they are being exterminated in large numbers by the local native population. Hippopotamus meat is their main meat food.
Hippos adapt well to captivity, which is why almost all zoos keep this interesting animal.
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Who are hippopotamus and hippopotamus? Many people do not know that these words mean the same animal of the artiodactyl genus. The first name is translated from ancient Hebrew as “beast,” perhaps due to the massiveness of this beast. The second is translated from Greek as “river horse” - hippos really love water.
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His body resembles a huge barrel, his legs are thick and so short that his stomach almost drags along the ground when he walks. The length can be up to 4 m, and the weight is simply fantastic - up to 5 tons! After elephants, the hippopotamus is in second place in size, as is the rhinoceros.
The tail is short, but quite mobile, with the help of it it sprays droppings and urine - it marks the territory.
The paws have 4 webbed toes. When walking through mud, the toes spread out, and the taut membrane helps prevent slipping and falling through.
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The ears are small, but with them he constantly tries to ward off insects. The head resembles a roughly hewn rectangle, and the muzzle is covered with special sensitive hairs. In many photos, the hippopotamus is captured with its mouth wide open - and indeed it can open it up to 150 degrees.
It contains 36 frightening-looking fang teeth. He uses them as protection or digs the ground.
The eyes are very small, with large folds of the eyelids around them.
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These animals communicate unusually with each other - by voice. They even have their own signal sounds to indicate fear, aggression, and danger. They express them with a roar, sometimes the sounds are similar to a horse neighing or grunting. The roar of hippopotamuses is very loud, spreading far across the African expanses.
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Hippos live for about 40 years and die more often from diseases. In nature they are not afraid of anyone except the lion. Nobody dares to attack them anymore. And a lion that has encroached on a cub can be drowned in silt by the female in a rage or simply trampled.
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The biggest threat is humans. Poaching for hippopotamus meat, tusks and bones is significantly reducing their numbers. Despite the fact that any child knows the phrase “oh, it’s not an easy job to drag a hippopotamus out of the swamp,” these animals have not yet been studied enough. Most likely, this happened because they are difficult to observe, since they spend most of the day in the water.
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Do you know what the hippopotamus is doing in this GIF? I'll tell you now.
Hippos do not like to travel; they do not search for food in distant lands, but prefer to grow grass themselves, in their own “garden,” so to speak. They do this in the following way: having limited a certain area for feeding themselves and their family, these animals regularly and diligently fertilize it with their own feces. And in order for the fertilizer to be distributed evenly, the animal “in the process,” so to speak, vigorously twirls its tail, like a propeller. As a result, the hippopotamus’ “vegetable garden,” like that of a good farmer, is always well-fertilized and produces an excellent harvest. And you don’t have to go far to find it.
It is worth noting here that female hippopotamuses, when searching for a betrothed, meticulously monitor not the ability of males to care for the opposite sex, but rather their success in agriculture. The more powerfully the tail of a male hippo spins, the more feces he produces and the farther he scatters them, the greater the groom’s chances: this means that his family will live in abundance and will not die of hunger. A real marriage of convenience. But perhaps in this case this is the right approach.
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Questions:
1. Which animal is the thickest-skinned?
2. How do baboons (a species of monkey) drink water?
3. At what speed does the three-toed sloth move on the ground?
4. How fast does the three-toed sloth move through the trees?
5. Which flying mammal is the smallest?
6. What is the size of the smallest flying mammal?
7. How high can an African leopard jump?
8. Can goats graze on tree branches?
9. How many years do horses live?
10. What kind of cats are called “poodle cats”?
11. Why are “poodle cats” called that?
12. Danish artist Gottfried Mind painted only one “model” for many years. Who exactly?
13. What animal was the name of the ancient Russian coin?
14. How many grains of cereal does a hamster store for the winter?
15. How many times is the fat content of hare's milk higher than that of cow's milk?
16. Who is the riddle dedicated to:
In rich clothes,
Yes, I'm a bit blind myself.
Lives without a window
Have you seen the sun?
17. What does the name of the African country Mali have to do with animals?
18. What does the name of the African country Somalia have to do with animals?
19. What is a horse's color?
20. What color horse is called a bay?
21. What color of horse is called black?
22. What animal do sailors call the “sea canary”?
23. For what features is the “sea canary” so called?
24. To whom are the lines of E. Trutneva’s poem dedicated?
Here she is jumping along the branches,
Flashed over the bush
Like a lively red ball,
With lush fur and a tail?
25. Monuments to which animal were erected in Germany, Scotland, France, Russia and some other countries?
26. What are the names of dromedary camels?
27. What are the names of Bactrian camels?
28. From what country does the name of the spaniel dog breed come from?
29. How do these folk signs end:
a) The dog curls up and lies in a ball - to...
b) The horse snorts - to...
c) Sheep knock their foreheads - to...
30. The title of the famous painting by the great artist Leonardo Da Vinci “Lady with an Ermine” is incorrect. Why?
31. What animals are on the staff (that is, are official employees) of the London post offices?
32. The name of what breed of dog is translated as “bull dog”?
33. Why is the bulldog called that?
34. Are there boss-subordinate relationships in a herd of cows?
35. How do these proverbs end:
a) The hare is not a coward, but himself...
b) The wolf sees the goat, forgot and...
c) The fox has ears in the dream...
36. Which animal was the first to be domesticated?
37. Who is a hinny?
38. Who is a mule?
39. Can a goat be the leader of a sheep flock?
40. What is the record recorded length of an elephant tusk?
41. What is the record length of a rhinoceros horn recorded?
42. Which animal was the symbol of the 1972 Munich Olympics?
43. Which animal was the symbol of the 1980 Olympics held in Moscow?
44. The name of which animal can be found on the chessboard, on the roof of a wooden house and in the gym?
45. Who owns these lines:
Why are you neighing, my zealous horse,
Why did you lower your neck?
Don't shake your mane
Are you chomping at the bit?
46. Which Russian artist painted the famous painting “The Bathing of the Red Horse”?
47. Which artist painted the painting “Snowbirds at a Watering Place”?
48. In which country was a monument to horse-drawn courier mail erected?
49. When they say this:
a) The horse did not lie down;
b) Not to feed the horse;
c) Whoa, whoa?
50. Which famous writer wrote the story “The Mustang Pacer”?
Answers
1. Nile hippopotamus. The thickness of its skin is 2.5 cm.
2. Soak the tail in water and then suck it.
4. Up to 3 m/min.
5. Thailand bumblebee bat.
6. Body length – about 30 mm, wingspan – 160 mm, weight – about 2 g.
8. In the Atlas Mountains (Africa), goats learned to climb onto the branches of low-growing, almost dwarf trees.
9. About 55 years old.
10. Rex cats.
11. For curly hair.
12. My cat with her next family.
13. Martens. The coins were called "kuna".
14. From 4 to 6 kg.
15. 6 times.
17. The name translates as “land of hippos.”
18. "Go milk the cow."
19. This is her color.
20. Red with black tail and mane.
21. Black.
22. Beluga whale.
23. For its white and yellow color and rather musical “chants”.
25. To the dog.
26. Dromedaries.
27. Bactrians.
28. Spain.
29. a) to the cold; b) heat; c) to strong wind.
30. The painting depicts not an ermine, but a furo, a domesticated albino black ferret.
31. Cats. They protect correspondence from mice and rats and receive a salary for this.
32. Bulldog.
33. Since they were originally used for baiting bulls and other large animals.
34. Yes, in the herd there is a cow-leader, “close associates” and a “lower class”.
35. a) protects; b) thunderstorm; c) on the top of the head.
36. Dog.
37. Hybrid (option - offspring) of a stallion and a donkey.
38. Hybrid (option - offspring) of a donkey and a mare.
39. Yes, quite. An experienced goat leader is a good assistant to the shepherd. The sheep obey him in everything.
40. 3 m 48 cm.
41. 1 m 58 cm.
43. Bear.
44. Horse - a chess piece, decoration of the hut roof, sports equipment.
45. A. S. Pushkin.
46. K. S. Petrov-Vodkin.
47. V. A. Serov.
49. a) Nothing has been done; b) something is not going well; c) neither here nor here.
50. E. Seton-Thompson.
Do you think about the names of countries around the globe when you read them on geographical maps? Surely not! Meanwhile, many of them, when translated into Russian, are quite interesting, sometimes even unusual. True, most names, as they should, fully or partially correspond to certain characteristics of countries, but there are also those that, on the contrary, cause surprise with their striking inconsistency.
Let's go on a short trip around the geographical map and look at the content of the "surnames" of some states.
For example, the following names tell about the peculiarities of the geographical location: Norway (“Country of the Northern Route”), Vietnam and Australia (“Country of the South”), Japan (“Country of the Rising Sun,” i.e., “eastern”). Austria - translated from German "Osterreich" means "Eastern Power", while in reality it is located in the very center of Europe. Whatever you say, there was a clear overlap here. The name Ireland comes from "eire", i.e. "western island".
As for the name of the South American country Ecuador, it is not difficult to guess that it means “equator”.
But the name of Syria even has a cosmic origin. It is associated with the brightest star in our sky, Sirius, which means “brilliant” in Latin. But, as you know, there are many hotter and sunnier countries on Earth.
The whole phrase - “Eight islands that stand side by side” - translates the name of the small country of Tuvalu, which arose in the Pacific Ocean on the site of a former English colony - the Gilbert Islands.
The names of the Netherlands ("low country") and Iraq ("Lowland") speak about the peculiarities of the earth's surface, and the name of the island Central American state of Haiti is the only thing left of the indigenous population of the Indians, the Arawaks, destroyed by the colonialists, in whose language it means "mountainous country ".
The names of a number of countries reflect the characteristics of their flora or fauna. For example, the name Brazil comes from the paubrasil mahogany tree growing here. It is interesting that the name of the capital of this state, Bamako, is no less exotic and means “a village on the back of a crocodile.” The city's coat of arms is decorated with images of crocodiles in memory of the times when many of these animals lived in the waters of the Niger River. And the name of the capital of another African country, Uganda - Kampala - means "antelope".
Abu Dhabi is the name of a small oil-rich principality in the state of the United Arab Emirates, located on the Arabian coast of the Persian Gulf. Translated, its name means "gazelle". Once upon a time there were many of these animals here.
The name of the state of Somalia, according to some scientists, comes from the words "sao somao", which in the local language means: "go milk a cow." This African country has so many cattle that it is said that there is more milk than water. The vast majority of the country's population is engaged in cattle breeding.
Don't be surprised, but the name Spain means "country of rabbits" in translation from ancient Carthaginian. Indeed, once upon a time there were a lot of these rodents here. Rabbits were even depicted on local coins.
The names of many countries on the globe are the same as the names of individual natural objects located on their territory: mountains, rivers, lakes, etc. These duplicate geographical names are typical primarily for young independent states. For example, the Republic of Cameroon in Africa inherited its name from the volcano of the same name.
The names of such countries as Nigeria, Senegal, Gambia, Congo, as well as the South American country of Paraguay come from the names of the rivers. The name India is of “river” origin (from the great Indus River), although only a relatively small section of the river belongs to this power. The Indus flows mainly into neighboring Pakistan.
The name of the state of Namibia comes from the desert of the same name.
The name of one of the African republics comes from the famous Lake Chad. The unique combination of the names of a lake (Tanganyika) and an island (Zanzibar) resulted in the name of the African country of Tanzania. The names of the islands on which countries such as Cuba, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Grenada in Central America, Ireland, Iceland, Great Britain, Malta in Europe, Cyprus, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines in Asia are located became their names.
However, as you have already noticed, the names of not all states can be considered successful. Did you know, for example, that the name of the country Uruguay, although associated with the name of a local river, for some reason means “bird’s tail,” and that of Guatemala means “rotten tree”? The name of the Republic of Panama means "butterfly". However, thanks to someone else's hand, it spread to the famous headdress. In fact, it was first produced in Ecuador, and Panama was only a transshipment base from where hats, the so-called “Panama hats,” were exported to Europe.
The names of a number of other states are based on the characteristics of the national composition of their population. For example, the name of the Republic of Afghanistan means “Country of Afghans,” just like Thailand means “Country of Thais.” But the name Romania comes from the Latin Roma (Rome). Thus, the Republic of Romania bears the name of the capital of another European country - Italy. The name Romania appeared on the map of Europe in 1877 after the final liberation of the country by Russian troops from the Turkish yoke.
The South American country is named after another Italian city, Venice. In 1499, Spanish sailors saw an Indian village on stilts on the shore of the Maracaibo lagoon in the northern part of the mainland, like Venice, and called it Venezuela, that is, “little Venice.” Nowadays in Venezuela the issue of changing this random name to Libertador is being discussed, then there is a “liberator”, in honor of the hero and leader of the liberation struggle of the peoples of Latin America against the Spanish colonialists Simon Bolivar. By the way, another South American country is named after him - Bolivia, whose first president he was.
On a small island in the Caribbean Sea there is a country that bears the name of the famous Spanish city - Grenada.
The names of some other states came from proper names, for example, Saudi Arabia (in 1926) - named after its founder, King Ibn Saud. As for the name of the South American republic of Colombia, it probably does not require explanation.
The name of the West African republic of Burkina Faso, translated from the Mosi language of its main population, means “country of worthy people”, and its capital Ouagadougou means “Welcome”.
A small country in West Africa is called Liberia, that is, “the land of freedom.” And the name of the small Pacific island republic of Vanuatu (the former common Anglo-French colony of the New Hebrides) means: “a country that is and will be independent.”
It hardly needs to be said that these young states are actually still in complete economic and political dependence on their former metropolitan countries. But names are names, and they testify to the desire of the peoples of these countries to achieve independence.
The game Crossword Planet: ANIMALS has already managed to win a very large number of fans. This game is probably the most popular on the Odnoklassniki social network. In the game Crossword Planet: ANIMALS, there are completely different levels: some are very simple, and some are quite complex and there is nowhere to go, you have to go through them. For those who find it difficult, we offer answers to the game Crossword Planet: ANIMALS in pictures. If you couldn’t find the answers you need to the game in this material, then look at the website. They will definitely be found. If yours are not there, then they will definitely appear soon. We just divided all the levels into blocks of 10 pieces in one. Below are the answers to levels 1 to 10 in pictures.
Crossword Planet: ANIMALS answers in Odnoklassniki level 11-20
In this material we offer you answers to the game Crossword Planet: ANIMALS levels from 11 to 20 inclusive.
Answers to the game Crossword Planet: ANIMALS 11, 12, 13, 14, 15:
Level 11:
The hunting method characteristic of the cheetah is the pursuit
The name of which African country is translated as “country of hippopotamuses” - Mali
Japanese wisdom “if you want to get rich, invite...” - rat
A community of bees living together - family
Which mammal can rotate its neck 270 degrees? sloth
Who was called boar in the old days - boar
The best runner from the chicken family is pheasant
What do birds have that other animals don't? feathers
The Australian coat of arms features a kangaroo and a bird. Which? — emu
The smallest mammal on earth is shrew
Level 12:
The longest living bird is cockatoo
Room for horses - stable
Which spider became a person's pet? tarantula
This fish, eating the larvae of the malarial mosquito, turned Sochi into a resort - Gambusia
Found on the chessboard, on the roof of a wooden house and in the gym - horse
Which bird has a beak length of forty-seven centimeters? pelican
The most numerous order in the class of mammals is rodents
Black leopard - panther
Wolf family - flock
This bird, nicknamed the “forest lamb,” “sings” with its tail - snipe
Level 13:
What birds come to us first in the spring - rooks
Kalmyk antelope - saiga
Horse community - herd
Which sense organ is the most developed in kiwi? vision
This writer created the story “How Wolves Teach Their Children” - Tolstoy
She is not afraid of losing her tail, because she will definitely grow a new one - lizard
The oldest ancestor of the horse is eohippus
What did Petra, the black swan from Germany, have an affair with? catamaran
The emblem of which institution is decorated with a snake entwined in a bowl - pharmacy
Another name for toothless whales is mustachioed
Level 14:
What dolphins can do - talk
If she flies low above the ground - it will rain - martin
They say about a coward that he trembles like her tail - sheep
A gait in which the horse raises its legs crosswise - lynx
Where does the fennec fox live? Africa
Who wrote the ode “In Praise of the Mosquito” - Derzhavin
The name of the dog that followed Gagarin’s path in space 18 days before his launch is star
He lays eggs, but feeds the young with milk - platypus
A deer whose female wears antlers - northern
A fish that can “walk” along the shore - Anabass
Level 15:
Representative of the canine family - arctic fox
Tropical arachnid predator - telephone
Clockwork rotating children's toy and wood lark - spinning top
The smallest predator - weasel
A large whale from the smooth family - Greenlandic
A large representative of the order insectivores - muskrat
With the help of which bird's eggs did Pushkin's contemporaries produce freckles? magpie
What order of mammals do sloths belong to? partial teeth
A wild horse preserved only in captivity bears the name of which scientist? Przhevalsky
What color is yak milk? pink
Answers for the game Crossword Planet: ANIMALS levels 16, 17, 18, 19, 20:
Level 16:
Who is the snake eater? bird
This bird holds on to the trunk with its claws and tail, which serves as a support - woodpecker
A mouse-like rodent with horny scales at the tip of its tail - rat
Singer of Russian fields - lark
Who is the world's first cloned sheep, Dolly, named after? Parton
Which bird has a bag? pelican
The last, fourth stage of butterfly development is imago
The name of which snake can be an adverb - really
How many legs do spiders have? eight
Poodle cat - rex
Level 17:
How many stomachs does a bee have? two
Horse blanket - blanket
Where does the platypus live? Australia
What animals live in the Hermitage since the foundation of the museum - cats
A fox, wolf or sable cub - puppy
The smallest snakes - narrowmouth
Translate “tiger” into Tatar - leopard
In the 80s of the twentieth century, coats made from the fur of this wild cat cost 40 thousand dollars - ocelot
What subclass of fish does the cattail belong to? dipnoi
The science that studies reptiles is herpetology
Level 18:
In which country were the longest elephant tusks found? Zaire
Eared... lives in China and tufts of white feathers grow on the sides of its head - pheasant
What is at the tips of the wings of the South American hoatzin? claws
The nickname of the she-wolf who sheltered Mowgli is Raksha
A bird that eats insect pests from the order Passeriformes - starling
A breed of dog bred by a German tax collector - doberman
Who married a fly and a mosquito - Chukovsky
Where was the goliath frog first discovered? Africa
Wild forest bull from Belovezhskaya Pushcha - bison
Animal on the coat of arms of Lesotho - Crocodile
Level 19:
A narrow black ribbon appears on the neck of a male bird in spring - fire
The space in place of missing fangs in rodents - diastema
Which monkeys are considered the best swimmers among monkeys - proboscis monkeys
Opponent of the snake in the famous work of M. Gorky - falcon
The smallest antelope is royal
What are other names for capybaras? capybaras
Ballroom dance, consonant with the name of one of the gaits of horses - gallop
This bird wags its long tail every minute, even while resting - wagtail
From which animal is the wool taken for the famous Orenburg scarves? goat
During winter migration to India, the Central Siberian goose crosses... - Himalayas
Level 20:
The breed of Anna Andreevna's dog from Chekhov's story “The Lady with the Dog” - spitz
Residents of Germany and tropical stinging insects - Germans
Who is called the snow leopard? leopard
This animal has the longest fur - muskox
What is the name of a chariot drawn by four horses? quadriga
What kind of hare did Lewis Carroll tell us about? March
What kind of birds do the Chinese teach to capture fish with their beaks and bring them to the owner? cormorant
The largest frog is Goliath
And the story of A. Tolstoy and the poisonous snake with a flat triangular head - viper
