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1. Australia built a 3,000-mile-long fence during the 1880s just to block the movement of what baby-snatching species?

2. What 'B' berry was grown by and named after a California horticulturist who crossed the European raspberry, European blackberry, American dewberry, and loganberry?

3. At only one-half of one millimeter long, tardigrades are considered a microanimal found in marine environments that also happen to be one of the most resilient animals known. What is the more common two-word name for these animals based on their resemblance to a certain land-bound animal?

4. The common daisy-like garden flower Rudbeckia hirta, with its dark center and yellow petals, is commonly known by what name that includes a woman's first name?

5. What four-letter word is often used as the common name for several kinds of bivalve molluscs? Typically, this word is only used when the mollusc is edible.

6. What single-word term of Greek origin is used to refer to the combined mass of water found on, under and above the surface of a planet?

7. Big hairy and greater fairy are larger species of what mammals whose name means 'little armored ones'?

8. The largest eyes of any animal on Earth are nearly 11 inches across, with lenses the size of oranges. That means the eyes are approximately the size of soccer balls. These eyes give 'binocular-like' vision to the 'colossal' variety of what sea-dweller?

9. According to a popular theory, dinosaurs got wiped out by the Chicxulub crater impact in what back-half-of-the-alphabet Mexican peninsula?

10. Turtles, toads, and tarantulas are all ectothermic animals, which is typically referred to by what more common term?

11. Vermicast is the end result of processes including vermifiltration and vermicomposting, which are used in the breakdown of vegetation, foods, wastewater, and even sewage sludge. European nightcrawlers are a species of what type of animal used in these processes?

12. The beans you use for your morning brew are various shades of brown depending on the roast—but that's not what they look like in nature. What color are raw coffee beans?

13. Which grocery chain founded by two German brothers in 1946 is known for selling typical supermarket fare at low prices, plus its own custom brands like Grandessa, Millville, Happy Farms, and Simply Nature?

14. What athlete famously declared his strategy to be the following nature-full phrase? 'Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.'

15. What SNL character, played by Rachel Dratch primarily from 2003 to 2006, finds the negative in anything, with her negativity often accompanied by a 'wah-wah' sound effect? Her alliterative name appropriately alludes to her dark cloud nature.

16. What biome is also known as the boreal forest or snow forest? The biome is identifiable through its coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces, and larches. Although sparsely populated compared to other biomes, it is the world's largest apart from the oceans. In North America it covers most of inland Canada and Alaska.

17. There's a 'spooky' sea creature found only in extreme deep sea conditions that, despite its name, is more closely related to octopi than squids. It features rows of fleshy spines in its inner black 'cloak.' What is the name of this creature?

18. Taken straight from Wikipedia, 'naturally occurring electrostatic discharge during which two electrically charged regions in the atmosphere or ground temporarily equalize themselves, causing the instantaneous release of as much as one billion joules of energy' is the definition of what natural phenomenon?

19. Name the species of bird that has a tongue so long it wraps around the back of their skull when not in use, protecting their brains while they tap into trees.

20. There are four species of monkey native to Costa Rica: the Central American squirrel monkey, the Panamanian white-faced capuchin, the mantled howler and Geoffroy's ______ monkey. What word fills in the blank? This word is actually a name for a different animal entirely.

21. What creature with an equine name has no teeth or stomach, mates for life, and is the only species on Earth where the male carries the unborn offpsring?

22. Flamingos, which are born white or light gray, get their color from what reddish-orange nutrient in their diet, which humans can obtain from carrots and sweet potatoes?

23. In a specific genus of large cats, one of the four species is the Canadian variety, and the animal's name references a Latin word for light because of the creature's bright, luminescent eyes. What is this wild cat that feeds almost exclusively on snowshoe hares?

24. Units called ommatidia are the individual pieces that combine to create the type of eye often found in insects, crustaceans, and millipedes. What is this scientific-sounding name for an eye?

25. The dwarf version of a certain tropical evergreen tree produces both a fruit and seed that are edible. The seed is much more popular than the fruit, especially as a dairy milk alternative and as a key ingredient in many Pakistani and Indian dishes, including the dessert Kaju barfi. What is this tree?