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True or False?
1. Some common vampire bats carry rabies.
True
False
2. All snakes, including tree boas, are venomous.
True
False
3. You can get an extremely painful, gunshot-like bite from a bullet ant.
True
False
4. The Amazonian giant centipede eats its prey while it is still alive.
True
False
5. Harpy eagles’ claws or talons, being longer than grizzly bears’ claws, can grasp and snatch babies.
True
False
6. Bull sharks only eat river dolphins and will never attack humans.
True
False
7. You can only get poisoned by a poison dart frog if its sticky tongue tip touches your skin.
True
False
8. An electrical eel can generate more electricity than your usual wall socket.
True
False
9. The green anaconda, although big and powerful, slithers slowly and awkwardly on land.
True
False
10. A jaguar’s sharp teeth and powerful bite can pierce through turtle and armadillo shells.
True
False
Answers to Dangerous Animals in the Amazon Rainforest quiz:
1. True.
2. False. Tree boas are non-venomous snakes. They kill their prey by suffocation.
3. True.
4. True.
5. True.
6. False. These territorial sharks are aggressive and won’t hesitate to eat humans.
7. False. Touching a poison dart frog can get you paralyzed or even killed, because its poison is in the glands beneath its skin.
8. True.
9. True.
10. True.