50/50 Quiz: Tree Or Animal?

The Hooded Skullcap is part of the mint family but it doesn’t taste like mint! One of its relatives is also famous, the plant, called mad-dog weed, was used in medieval times as a remedy for rabid-dog bites.

This solitary cat-like creature is in fact related to a mongoose. It is the largest carnivore and predator on the island. It is native to Madagascar.

Babirusa seems to have walked right out of a Greek myth. It has a looping tusk coming out of its mouth and from above its snout. Its native region is Sulawesi.

It's named this because clusters of its flowers look like a paw. In the wild Kangaroo Paws can only be found in South Western Australia

 Because they are feliforms, distant relatives to cats, they exhibit many of the same behavioural characteristics you might recognize from your pet feline. Also, like cats, genets have retractable claws, a wily intelligence, and hunt for small rodents, birds, and reptiles. Due to many of these similarities with cats, genets have become increasingly popular in the exotic pet trade. 

This plant can produce 75,000 seeds and can grow in many soil types. Lambsquarters is also very healthy for you; it contains more vitamins and essential minerals than many vegetables, especially Lettuce, Spinach and Cabbage

Stay away from this plant if you’re a chicken, poultry that eat this plant’s seeds or leaves may produce lower quality eggs.

This ridiculously adorable critter might look like a type of ferret or, perhaps, a primate, but it is neither. Kinkajous are related to raccoons. Though technically classified as carnivores due to their sharp teeth, fruit makes up 90 per cent of the kinkajou's diet. They're also relatively long-lived, capable of living 40-plus years.

These trees can live for many years; the oldest is over 800 years old! These trees can also grow as big as 150 feet tall with a trunk diameter of 7 feet.

Tarsiers' bodies exemplify how evolution ends up cute, with an extra-long tail, feet, and toes, which all add up to a primate uniquely suited for life in trees. Their large eyes are an adaptation to being nocturnal. Tarsiers are the only living species of primates that are entirely carnivorous. They're also known to feast on small birds, lizards, and even bats.