Animal Riddles

Which side of a cat has the most fur?

A man walks out of a house that has four walls all facing north. A bird walks past him. What is it?

What's the red stuff between elephant's toes?

Those with eyes bigger than their stomach will definitely leave the restaurant with one of them. It is named after a house pet as well.

Oh how I love my dancing feet!
They stay together - oh so neat.
And when I want to walk a line,
They all stay together and do double time.
I count them up, ten times or more,
And race on-off, across the floor.

Old Grandpa Diddle Daddle jumped in the mud puddle, green cap and yellow shoes. Guess all your loftiness and you can't guess these news.

The strangest creature you'll ever find: Two eyes in front and many many more behind.

What rains at the north pole?

What has feathers and a beak but it is dressed?

Where do tadpoles change?

It has plenty of backbone but doesn't have a let. It peels like an orange but it comes from an egg.

Though learning has fed me,
I know not a letter;
I live among the books,
Yet am never the better.
What am I?

Often cooked as fillet, this meat comes from an animal that swims underwater.

How far can a dog run into the woods?

A tasty reward given to well behaved dogs and kids.

They can float and tickle, but their sound is rarely heard unless you're a pillow or bird. What are they?

What king can you make if you take the head of a lamb, the middle of a pig, the hind of a buffalo, and the tail of a dragon?

It is a cat but not a kitty,
You'll never catch on in a city.
Its fangs are huge and so its claws,
A death machine with paws and jaws.
In its own way a royal fellow,
Striped with black and clothed in yellow.

Dark, feathery, and popular in Baltimore and fantasy books.

I carried by mad animals. What am I?

Turkey day. What am I?

How many hairs are in a bunny rabbit's tail?

The ones in the sea are prickly, but the ones on the street might pickpocket you.

John Lennon sang about being this toothy creature.

What animal has feet on the head?

What jumps when it walks and sits when it stands?

If a man carried my burden, he would break his back.
I am not rich, but I leave silver in my track.
What am I?

A pet shop owner had a parrot with a sign on its cage that said "Parrot repeats everything it hears." A young man bought the parrot and for two weeks he spoke to it and it didn't say a word. He returned the parrot but the shopkeeper said he never lied about the parrot. How can this be?

Slithery critters with a taste for dirt.

A bird done at every meal.

How do snails travel?

What do you get if you cross a bee and a bunny?

Tiny creatures that have a special relationship with flowers.

When is it bad luck to see a black cat?

Where do turkeys go to dance?

Where does a rabbit go for a shampoo?

I produce wool and spit a lot. What am I?

I am a food made from the pressed curds of milk. I come in American, Swiss, sharp and many other flavors. What am I?

What animal has no wings, but yet will fly?

This food is a Thanksgiving tradition.

I fall with the waves, rise with the tide, and drift with the current alongside. What am I?

What bird is always unhappy?

What animal keeps the best time?

There is a kind of fish that can never swim. What is that?

I can wake you up in the morning but I require no electricity or winding. What am I?

What lives where it cannot breathe and has a hole in its back?

What insect does a blacksmith manufacture?

What creature starts yellow inside and white outside, then becomes its first five before becoming the whole?

How can you tell where the Easter Bunny has been?

Why do French people like to eat snails?

I am a type of animal that hang out in the mist. What am I?

Both old people and owls are said to be possessing this trait.

What fish came first?

In the fields a frightful thing. Watch it and you will find, it has a pitchfork in the front, and a broom back behind.

Why shouldn’t you tickle an Easter egg?

A pony trots his way through the world on these.

What has no arms, hands, or legs but moves the earth?

I have no eyes, no legs or ears and I help move the earth. What am I?

He's small but he can climb a tower.

The alphabet goes from A to Z. What goes from Z to A?

What build its house with earthen string and ensnares its prey with a biting sting?

What always goes to bed with its shoes on?

Even if my life is taken eight still remain.

A warrior amongst the flowers, he bears a thrusting sword.
He uses it whenever he must, to defend his golden hoard.

I am a creature with a "tight" name. What am I?

I am alive without breath and cold as death. I am never thirsty but always drinking. What am I?

Golden treasure I contain, Guarded by hundreds and thousands. Stored in a labyrinth where no man walks, Yet men come often to seize my gold. By smoke I am overcome and robbed, then left to build my treasure anew.

What part of a fish weighs most?

I'm a red creature from the sea with large claws, or pincers, and I'm often boiled and served as an expensive dish at seafood restaurants.

It's like a forest without trees, Like a jail you want to visit. Though the inmates did no wrong. You may freely walk along, They're put there so you can see them, Just as long as you don't feed them.

Most people love to use me. You make me glide through the air. Even your dog loves me. What am I?

What does the Easter Bunny do after it takes a shower?

A house has 4 walls. All of the walls are facing south, and a bear is circling the house. What color is the bear?

It can be in a hat, Or out of the bag.
If you see it you'll be smitten, 'Cause it's fluffy like a mitten.

Cows do this to salt and humans do it to ice cream.

Where do bunnies hang out?

Who spends the day at the window, goes to the table for meals and hides at night?

Tall when seated, short when standing.

My first is in fish but no in snail.
My second is in rabbit but no in tail.
My third is in up but not in down.
My fourth is in tiara but not in crown.
My fifth is in tree you plainly see.
My whole a food for you and me.

My first is in window but not in pane.
My second's in road but not in lane.
My third is in oval but not in round.
My fourth is in hearing but not in sound.
My whole is known as a sign of peace.
And from Noah's ark won quick release.

What is that which, while it lives, constantly changes its habit, that is buried before it is dead, and whose tomb is valued wherever it is found?

Stealthy as a shadow in the dead of night,
cunning but affectionate if given a bite.
Never owned but often loved.
At my sport considered cruel,
but that's because you never know me at all.

A muttered rumble was heard from the pen, and I, in my walking stopped to look in. What was this I saw? A massive beast, hoofed, and jawed. With spikes upon its mighty brow, I watched as he struck the turf and prowled. And yet for all of his magnificence, he couldn't get out of that wooden fence.

It’s not a person nor an animal but He’s got a face. Who is he?

My tail is long, my coat is brown,
I like the country, I like the town.
I can live in a house or live in a shed,
And I come out to play when you are in bed.
What am I?

Why is a bunny the luckiest animal?

How does a dog cross a river without getting wet?

Though it is not an ox, it has horns; Though it is not a donkey, it has packed-saddle; And wherever it goes it leaves silver behind.

What do you get if you milk a cow after an earthquake?

Canine children. What am I?

I have legs but seldom walk;
I backbite many but never talk;
I seek places that can hide me
because those that feed me cannot abide me.

Where do cows go to dance?

Noah most likely got milk from the cows on the ark. What did he get from the ducks?

Why didn't the turkey finish it's dessert?

Armless, legless, I crawl around when I'm young.
Then the time of changing sleep will come.
I will awake like a newborn, flying beast,
'till then on the remains of the dead I feast.

A nutcracker up in a tree.

It has 8 arms and lots of ink but can't write a word. What is it?

It's black and every time it speaks it says its name.

Why did the turkey cross the road?

Bumpy form of transportation in desert cultures.