Which of these animals is NOT in the weasel family?
Rules & what counts
Odd One Out: Animals — Rules & What Counts
Four animals, one impostor — safari edition. Rounds ask which of these is NOT a rodent, NOT a shark, NOT nocturnal, NOT extinct — and, best of all, which of these animals does NOT exist, where three genuinely absurd real creatures (blobfish, gerenuk, star-nosed mole) hide one complete invention.
The traps are nature's own: the rabbit that everyone files under rodents, the whale shark that is a fish, the coelacanth that refused to stay extinct. Every round ends with the one-line fact that settles it.
How to play
Read the question. Then tap the animal that does not belong.
You get one pick for each round. There are no second guesses.
The quiz marks your answer immediately. It also gives one line that explains the answer.
You start with three lives. The hearts in the top bar show the lives that you have.
A correct answer gives one point. A wrong answer costs one life.
A round that costs a life gives no points. The quiz continues with the next round.
The run ends when you lose the third life. It also ends when you play all the rounds.
Select "Review rounds" on the result screen to see each round that you played.
What counts in this quiz
The quiz holds 53 categories — taxonomy, habitats, breeds and abilities all rotate in. One run can use all of them.
Classifications follow standard zoology: rodents by order, sharks by lineage, venomous by actual venom — not by looks or reputation.
Your score is the number of correct answers. The maximum score is 53 — every round in the quiz.
A wrong answer costs one life. You keep the points that you have.
The timer counts up from your first pick. It only separates equal scores on the leaderboard.
What's not included — and why
No borderline cases — animals whose classification genuinely divides biologists sit out the relevant round entirely.
Gliders don't count as fliers — the flight round is about true powered flight, which is why the flying squirrel is a trap and not a member.
Good to know
The coelacanth was 'extinct for 65 million years' until a museum curator spotted one in a South African fishing catch in 1938.
Rabbits were classified as rodents until 1912, when they were moved to their own order — the confusion this quiz exploits is over a century old.
The naked mole-rat is cold-blooded, nearly blind, almost immune to cancer and can survive 18 minutes without oxygen — and it is entirely real.