Animal Quiz Games for September 26, 2026: answers and stories
The five questions everyone got on September 26, 2026. Each answer has a short story.
Key facts
- On September 26, 2026 the five answers were Khao Yai National Park, Thailand, Point Pelee National Park, Ontario, Canada, Osprey Reef, Australia, Manu National Park, Peru, and Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China.
- The five answers came from 4 different parts of the world.
- A perfect day scores 1,000 points.
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1. Where do wild binturongs live?
Answer: Khao Yai National Park, Thailand
Khao Yai National Park lies in the hills north-east of Bangkok, Thailand, with rainforest, grassland and waterfalls. Binturongs, also called bearcats, live high in the trees here and are neither bears nor cats. They use their strong tails like an extra hand to grip branches when they climb.
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2. Where do common snapping turtles live in the wild?
Answer: Point Pelee National Park, Ontario, Canada
Point Pelee National Park sticks out into Lake Erie in southern Ontario and is the southern tip of mainland Canada. Its marshes are home to common snapping turtles, which lie in the mud with only their eyes and nostrils showing. They eat plants, fish, frogs and insects, and mothers dig nests in sandy ground in early summer.
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3. Where do wild chambered nautiluses live?
Answer: Osprey Reef, Australia
Osprey Reef is an isolated coral reef in the Coral Sea, far off the coast of Queensland, Australia, and its steep walls plunge deep into the dark. Chambered nautiluses live on these walls. By day they stay deep in cold water, and at night they rise to shallower water to hunt crabs and shrimp. The spiral shell has gas-filled rooms that help the animal float.
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4. Where do wild lowland tapirs live?
Answer: Manu National Park, Peru
Manu National Park in southeast Peru stretches from high Andean cloud forest down to hot Amazon lowlands. Lowland tapirs live in the lowland forest near rivers and swamps. They use their short, bendy snout like a trunk to grab leaves and fruit. Tapirs are also strong swimmers and slip into the water when danger is near.
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5. Where do wild Chinese giant salamanders live?
Answer: Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China
Zhangjiajie is a mountain area in Hunan province in central China, with steep cliffs and cold, clear streams. Chinese giant salamanders hide under rocks and in dark holes in streams like these. They hunt at night for fish, crabs and frogs, and they are now very rare in the wild.
| # | Name | Answer: | Latitude | Longitude |
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| 1 | Binturong | Khao Yai National Park, Thailand | 14.43 | 101.37 |
| 2 | Common snapping turtle | Point Pelee National Park, Ontario, Canada | 41.95 | -82.52 |
| 3 | Chambered nautilus | Osprey Reef, Australia | -13.9 | 146.55 |
| 4 | Lowland tapir | Manu National Park, Peru | -11.9 | -71.5 |
| 5 | Chinese giant salamander | Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China | 29.12 | 110.48 |