Riddle: Why won’t they let elephants on the beach?
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They can’t keep their trunks up.
Animal riddles
What animal is made up of calcium, nickel and neon?
Riddle: What animal is made up of calcium, nickel and neon?
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A CaNiNe.
What animal has no wings but yet will fly?
Riddle: What animal has no wings but yet will fly?
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A caterpillar. It will fly when it becomes a butterfly.
What animal has more lives than a cat?
Riddle: What animal has more lives than a cat?
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A frog, it croaks every night!
Play me with a ball and bat or hear me chirp in a top hat. What am I?
Riddle: Play me with a ball and bat or hear me chirp in a top hat. What am I?
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Cricket.
How can a leopard change its spots?
Riddle: How can a leopard change its spots?
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By moving from one spot to another.
Where can you see how popular a spider is?
Riddle: Where can you see how popular a spider is?
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On a web-site.
What do you call a snail on a boat?
Riddle: What do you call a snail on a boat?
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A snailor.
I have three letters, cut one off and I become stronger. Cut two off and I become ten.
Riddle: I have three letters, cut one off and I become stronger. Cut two off and I become ten.
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A fox. Remove the f to leave ox, a strong animal. Cut off the fo to leave X, the Roman numeral for 10.
What does a cat have that no other animal has?
Riddle: What does a cat have that no other animal has?
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Kittens.
When is it bad luck to see a black cat?
Riddle: When is it bad luck to see a black cat?
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When you’re a mouse.
Why didn’t the butterfly go to the dance?
Riddle: Why didn’t the butterfly go to the dance?
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Because it was a moth ball.
If there is a bee in my hand what is in my eye?
Riddle: If there is a bee in my hand what is in my eye?
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Beauty – because beauty is in the eye of the bee holder!
What animal is most likely to eat a relative?
Riddle: What animal is most likely to eat a relative?
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An anteater.
I sound like a musical insect whose first half is another insect. What am I?
Riddle: I sound like a musical insect whose first half is another insect. What am I?
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Beetle.
What four-legged animal can jump higher than a house?
Riddle: What four-legged animal can jump higher than a house?
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All of them, a house can’t jump.
How do you spell the word cow using thirteen letters?
Riddle: How do you spell the word cow using thirteen letters?
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SEE O DOUBLE YOU.
What time is it when an elephant sits on your fence?
Riddle: What time is it when an elephant sits on your fence?
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Time for a new fence.
What animal is named after the animal it eats?
Riddle: What animal is named after the animal it eats?
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Anteater.
What kind of cats like to go bowling?
Riddle: What kind of cats like to go bowling?
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Alley cats.
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?
Riddle: 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?
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Lion.
There are 30 cows in a field and 28 chickens. How many didn’t?
Riddle: There are 30 cows in a field and 28 chickens. How many didn’t?
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There are 30 cows and 20 ate chickens, so that means 10 didn’t.
I have horns but I do not beep. I like to bleat but I am not a sheep.
Riddle: I have horns but I do not beep. I like to bleat but I am not a sheep.
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A goat.
What kind of goose fights with snakes?
Riddle: What kind of goose fights with snakes?
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A mongoose.
What animal is bad to play games with?
Riddle: What animal is bad to play games with?
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A cheetah.
What kind of music do rabbits like?
Riddle: What kind of music do rabbits like?
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Hip Hop.
The alphabet goes from A to Z but what goes from Z to A?
Riddle: The alphabet goes from A to Z but what goes from Z to A?
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Zebra.
A cat can jump 5 feet high but can’t jump through a window that’s 3 feet high. Why not?
Riddle: A cat can jump 5 feet high but can’t jump through a window that’s 3 feet high. Why not?
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Because the window is closed.
What wears a coat in winter and pants in the summer?
Riddle: What wears a coat in winter and pants in the summer?
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A dog.
What animal always goes to sleep with their shoes on?
Riddle: What animal always goes to sleep with their shoes on?
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A horse.
My start goes on toast and my end is how birds move.
Riddle: My start goes on toast and my end is how birds move.
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Butterfly.
I’m not rich but wherever I go I leave silver behind me.
Riddle: I’m not rich but wherever I go I leave silver behind me.
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A snail.
What jumps when it walks and sits when it stands?
Riddle: What jumps when it walks and sits when it stands?
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A kangaroo.
If two snakes marry what will their towels say?
Riddle: If two snakes marry what will their towels say?
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Hiss and hers.