Academy scientists found this "egg" on a rotten log in the African jungle. What emerged wasn't a bird. What was it?

• a crocodile
• a praying mantis
• a mushroom

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Sometimes it's difficult to tell a living creature from an inanimate object! Is the image:

• the head of a fish
• a strand of kelp
• an octopus egg case

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It may look like a watery blob, but it is one of humanity's closest invertebrate relatives.

• tunicate
• acorn worm
• sponge

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Not a sculpture of Medusa or some other mythological beast - a real animal! Is it a:

• tick
• ice worm
• crab larva
• freshwater hydra

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This giant egg could hold up to two gallons of liquid. What extinct bird laid it?

• passenger pigeon
• dodo
• elephant bird
• great auk

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These eggs were laid by an animal with three hearts and ten appendages. What was it?

• an octopus
• a cuttlefish
• a sea star

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Kapow! This plant from China has a dazzling display of fruit. What is it?

• anise
• chokecherry
• ginseng
• sassafras

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Rafflesia arnoldii is the world's largest flower. It also has a distinctive smell. What does it smell like?

• roses
• peanut butter
• a stinking corpse

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This image is a closeup of a structure that Academy scientists found on the forest floor in China. What is it?

• a wasp's nest
• a mushroom
• a bird skeleton

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