Bing Homepage Quiz Answers (6/13/2022): 13 June 2022
1: Thousands of African elephants make the trek here when annual floods arrive. Where are we?
A Lake Malawi
B Okavango Delta
C Kruger National Park
Driven by the need for water and food, thousands of elephants migrate to the Okavango Delta between March and July when rainwater from the Angola highlands flows 750 miles down the Okavango River into north-west Botswana. The water doesn’t flow into any sea or ocean, but instead forms marshlands and seasonally flooded plains in the country’s interior. The Okavango Delta attracts more wildlife than any other wetland on Earth.
The correct answer is Okavango Delta.
2: The Okavango Delta is surrounded by a dry savanna that stretches for thousands of miles. What is it called?
A Serengeti
B Sahara
C Kalahari
The Kalahari Desert covers 350,000 square miles across most of Botswana and parts of Namibia and South Africa. Although it is dry enough to qualify as a desert, much of the Kalahari has ample ground cover. Many grasses, shrubs and trees grow here. The southern region of the Kalahari most resembles a classic desert.
The correct answer is Kalahari.
3: This African bush elephant is one of three recognised species of elephants. Which is the biggest?
A African bush elephant
B African forest elephant
C Asian elephant
The African bush elephant is considered the largest of the three, and therefore the largest land animal on Earth, it can weigh nearly six tonnes with a shoulder height of up to 13ft. It is slightly larger than the Asian elephant, and considerably larger than the African forest elephant.
The bush elephant is the most populous of the three species, numbering more than 300,000 (compared with about 100,000 forest elephants and 50,000 Asian elephants). But like all elephant species, the bush elephant is still considered endangered as poaching continues to drive the population downward.
The correct answer is African bush elephant.