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Is this fun fact about the Looney Tunes Road Runner or real-life roadrunners?
It turns out, real roadrunners don't say, "beep, beep!"
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Ornithologists have been plagued for years with questions about roadrunners, and almost all of those questions stem from the iconic Looney Tunes Road Runner. Chuck Jones even wrote in his memoir that bird experts would write to him complaining about how many people really thought roadrunners say, "Beep, beep!".
For this quiz, we're going to separate fact from fiction and test your bird knowledge as well as your cartoon knowledge. We will make a statement about a roadrunner and if you have to select if this fun fact is about the real bird or the Looney Tunes character, or both!
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This roadrunner cannot fly.
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This roadrunner is faster than a coyote.
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This roadrunner can regulate its temperature to make it through cold desert nights.
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This roadrunner only eats birdseed.
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This roadrunner is the state bird of New Mexico.
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This roadrunner is based in the Southwestern United States.
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This roadrunner is a member of the cuckoo family.
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This roadrunner is broken up into two species: greater roadrunner and lesser roadrunner.
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This roadrunner has many Latin names, including "Speedipus rex" and "Tid-bitius velocitus".
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This roadrunner also has many Latin names, including "Geococcyx californianus" and "Geococcyx velox".
Is this fun fact about the Looney Tunes Road Runner or real-life roadrunners?
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