334 Animal Riddles With Answers - page 3 of 4
Why did the duck get fired from his Easter job?
The pun on 'fired' (losing a job) ties into the duck pun 'quacking' replacing 'cracking' the eggs.
What time does a duck get up?
'Quack of dawn' puns on the phrase 'crack of dawn' using the duck's quack sound.
Why did Mama Duck scold her goslings?
The pun replaces 'crackers' with 'quackers,' referencing duck sounds and the mess of eating in bed.
A duck arrives near a lake. He sees a sign where it is written "No swimming allowed.", but the duck jumps into the water. Why?
The riddle's simple logical twist is that ducks are animals and cannot actually read the sign.
In what place did the rooster crow when all the world heard him?
According to the tale, Noah's Ark carried all the animals of the world, so a rooster crowing there was 'heard' by every kind of creature aboard.
What is the time-piece, That needs no winding?
A rooster crows at dawn like a natural alarm clock, with no winding required.
Why did the woolly mammoth cross the road?
The joke plays on the classic 'why did the chicken cross the road' setup but substitutes a mammoth because chickens didn't exist yet.
Why does a chicken coop have two doors?
The joke compares a coop with four doors to a four-door car (a sedan), an absurd pun on 'coupe' having two doors.
A fast-food restaurant sells chicken in orders of 6,9 and 20. What's the largest number of pieces of chicken you cannot order from the restaurant?
This is the classic "Chicken McNugget" Frobenius number problem, where 43 is the largest value that can't be made from combinations of 6, 9, and 20.
He's a boastful, puffed-up fellow, wearing spurs; eyes gleaming yellow. As he proudly struts about, he's in charge, there is no doubt. What is he?
The description matches a proud rooster strutting with spurs and bright eyes as leader of the flock.
What does a chicken say instead of good?
'EGGcelent' puns on 'excellent', replacing the 'ex' sound with 'egg', fitting for a chicken.
Why was the Easter egg hiding?
'Little chicken' puns on being scared (chicken = coward) and the egg literally being a baby chicken.
How did the chicken manage to pay for, 'A de Luxe' roost?
The pun turns "hire purchase," a payment plan, into "higher perch-ase," referencing a roosting perch.
If a rooster lays an egg on the ridge of a roof, which side will the egg fall on?
The premise is false since only hens lay eggs, never roosters.
I have a house with no doors no windows, nothing. If I want to get out I break the wall. Who am I?
The 'house' is an egg, and the only way for the chicken inside to get out is to break the shell.
A Rooster laid an Egg. Which way did it roll?
Roosters cannot lay eggs biologically, so there is no direction for it to roll.
Under no circumstances compute the number of your barnyard fowl previous to their incubation. What is the proverb?
The riddle rephrases the familiar proverb in overly formal language, calling eggs "barnyard fowl" before "incubation" (hatching).
How do chickens like to dance?
The pun replaces "cheek to cheek," a close dance style, with "chick to chick."
My call, I pray, at dawn of day, Shall rest you from your slumber, With job all done, my song all sung, I'll sit on the seat of lumber. What am I?
The description matches a rooster crowing at dawn and then perching on a wooden fence or roost.
Why was the chicken forbidden from sending e-mails?
'Fowl language' puns on 'foul language' and the bird category 'fowl' that chickens belong to.
Why did the sheriff arrest the chicken?
'Fowl language' puns on 'foul language' (cursing) and 'fowl', the category of bird a chicken belongs to.
If a rooster laid 11 eggs and the farmer took 5 of them and another rooster laid 14 eggs and 5 of them were rotten. How many eggs were left?
The entire math setup is irrelevant because roosters biologically cannot lay eggs.
Why did the chicken cross the road twice, and jump in the mud?
The pun plays on 'double-crosser' meaning both crossing the road twice and being a deceitful person, plus getting literally dirty in the mud.
What do you call a chicken with bad sunburn?
'Fried' plays on being badly sunburnt ('fried' in the sun) and the cooking method for chicken.
What do you get if you cross a hen with a guitar?
"Pluck" means both playing guitar strings and removing a chicken's feathers.
What did the scientist get when he crossed a chicken and a cow?
'Roost beef' puns on 'roast beef', mixing a chicken's roost with beef from a cow.
What's 3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat, and 2/4 goat?
Taking the specified letter fractions from each word (CHI from chicken, CA from cat, GO from goat) spells 'Chicago.'
Why do chickens lay eggs?
The joke twists the phrasing, treating egg-laying like dropping something fragile instead of a biological process.
Where is there no south, west, nor east, and weather is not fit for man or beast?
At the South Pole, every direction from that point is north, so south, west, and east don't exist there.
As a whole, I am both safe and secure. Behead me, and I become a place of meeting. Behead me again, and I am the partner of ready. Restore me, and I become the domain of beasts. What am I?
"Stable" beheaded becomes "table," a meeting place, beheaded again becomes "able," ready's partner, and restored becomes "stable," home to beasts like horses.
My head and the point are made from the same. I am held by what's taken apart from the grain. I am atop of a great ocean beast. My swing will let fire and lead release. What am I?
A hammer's metal head, its wooden handle from the grain of wood, and its use striking a flintlock atop a ship, the "great ocean beast", describe firing an old cannon or gun.
I'm alive and I die. When cut, I bleed I do not fear the seasons. I make my home above yet below the land. I'm a friend to man and beast, yet hunted by both. My bones are always within sight. What am I?
A tree "bleeds" sap when cut, grows both above and below ground with roots, and provides shelter and resources, its "bones" being its branches, for animals and people alike.
This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountain down. What am I?
The riddle describes an unstoppable force that wears down everything, including iron, stone, and mountains — the passage of time.
Stronger than any beast, Rougher than any sea. Steadier than a favorable wind, and of me, none shall be free. What am I?
The riddle describes the planet Earth — powerful, unpredictable in its terrain, constant in its pull, and something no living thing can escape.
Face with a tree, skin like the sea. A great beast I am, yet vermin frightens me. What am I?
The "tree" is the elephant's trunk, its wrinkled skin resembles the sea, and elephants are famously said to fear mice.
In a tunnel of darkness lies a beast of iron. It can only attack when pulled back. What is it?
A bullet sits in a dark gun barrel and is a metal projectile that only fires after the hammer or trigger is pulled back.
What kind of key do you use on Thanksgiving?
Pun splitting 'turkey' into a word that sounds like 'tur-key', a type of key.
Why didn't the turkey finish its dessert?
Wordplay — "stuffed" means both full from eating and the turkey's stuffing cooked inside it.
Why did the turkey cross the road?
Wordplay — "chicken" means both the bird and slang for being cowardly, so the turkey proves it isn't afraid.
Why did they let the turkey join the thanksgiving band?
Wordplay — "drumsticks" are both a musical instrument part and a cut of turkey meat, the leg.
Who is never hungry during Christmas?
Play on words: 'stuffed' means both full of food and literally stuffed with dressing before roasting.
Where does a rabbit go for shampoo?
Wordplay — "hare-dresser" sounds like "hairdresser," and "hare" means rabbit.
How many hairs are in a bunny rabbit's tail?
A play on words — hairs grow "out" of the tail rather than being "in" it, since none are inside the body.
How can you say rabbit without using the letter R?
"Bunny" is another common word for rabbit that contains no letter R.
Do rabbits use combs?
Wordplay — "hare brushes" sounds like "hairbrushes," and "hare" is another word for rabbit.
What type of music do rabbits listen to?
Wordplay — rabbits "hop," which sounds like the "hop" in hip hop music.
What do you call a pig that does karate?
Wordplay — a karate "chop" combines with "pork" to make "porkchop," also a cut of pig meat.
Why did Momma Pig leave her husband?
Wordplay — "boar," a male pig, sounds like "bore," meaning dull or uninteresting.
Why can't you play basketball with pigs?
Wordplay — "hog" means to selfishly keep something to yourself, and pigs are also called hogs.
You walk into a room with a rabbit holding a carrot, a pig eating slop, and a chimp holding a banana. Which animal in the room is the smartest?
The riddle's trick is that the person reading it, who 'walked into the room', is also an animal present and presumably the smartest.
What do you call pigs that write letters to each other?
Wordplay — a "pigpen" gives us "pen," and "pen pals" are people (or pigs) who write letters to each other.
A farmer has twenty sheep, ten pigs, and ten cows. If we call the pigs cows, how many cows will he have?
Renaming an animal doesn't change its species — the ten pigs are still pigs no matter what you call them.
If fish lived on land, where would they live?
This is a pun on 'Finland' sounding like 'fin-land,' a play on the fish body part.
What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and water, but no fish?
A map shows symbols for cities, forests, and water without containing any actual houses, trees, or fish.
There are two bodies on the floor. They are surrounded by water and broken glass. How did they die?
The "bodies" are goldfish, and the "broken glass" is their fishbowl, which spilled water onto the floor.
I am a word of six; my first three letters refer to an automobile; my last three letters refer to a household animal; my first four letters is a fish; my whole is found in your room. What am I?
"CAR" starts a vehicle, "PET" ends a household animal, "CARP" is a fish, and the whole word "CARPET" is found in your room.
Two fathers and two sons went fishing one day. They were there the whole day and only caught 3 fish. One father said, that is enough for all of us, we will have one each. How can this be possible?
Three generations — grandfather, father, and son — mean the middle person is both a father and a son, so there are 2 fathers and 2 sons among just 3 people.
A mouse, a squirrel, a duck, a chicken, and an elephant are sitting on the side of the road. Someone offers them a lift, but one prefers to stay. Who preferred to stay?
The riddle relies on the folklore idea that elephants are afraid of mice, so the elephant refuses to get in a vehicle with one.
Arnold Schwarzenegger's is really long. Michael J. Fox's is short. Daffy Duck isn't human. Madonna doesn't have one. What am I?
Each clue refers to a person's last name: Schwarzenegger's is long, Fox's is short, Daffy Duck is a cartoon (not human) with a last name 'Duck,' and Madonna performs under a single mononym with no last name.
What do you call a crate of ducks?
'Quakers' sounds like 'quackers', playing on the duck's quacking sound and the Quaker Oats box branding.
What happened when the rubber duckie fell into the bathtub?
'Quacked up' puns on a duck's quack and the phrase 'cracked up' meaning to laugh or break apart.
There are 2 ducks in front of 2 other ducks. There are 2 ducks behind 2 other ducks. There are 2 ducks beside 2 other ducks. How many ducks are there?
Four ducks arranged in a square each have two ducks in front of them, two behind, and two beside them, satisfying every clue at once with the fewest possible ducks.
To you, rude would I never be, Though I flag my tongue for all to see. What am I?
A panting dog visibly hangs its tongue out, which looks rude ('sticking out your tongue') but isn't meant that way.
What animal keeps the best time?
The pun combines 'watch' (a timepiece) with 'dog' to form 'watchdog,' an animal that keeps guard, not literally time.
How can you tell the difference between dogs and trees?
Wordplay — "bark" refers to both the sound a dog makes and the outer covering of a tree.
All of Mrs. Smith's pets are dogs except one, and all her pets are cats except one. How many cats and dogs does she have?
With just one dog and one cat, "all pets except one" are dogs (the cat) and "all pets except one" are cats (the dog) — both statements hold true.
If there are four sheep, two dogs, and one herds-men, how many feet are there?
This is a wordplay trap: only humans technically have 'feet,' while sheep have hooves and dogs have paws, so only the herdsman's two feet count.
If it takes 5 microwaves 5 minutes to cook 5 chickens, how long does it take 100 microwaves to cook 100 chickens?
Each microwave cooks its own chicken in parallel, so the time per chicken stays 5 minutes no matter how many microwaves work at once.
If a chicken says, 'All chickens are liars'. Is the chicken telling the truth?
This dodges the classic liar's paradox by pointing out the premise itself is impossible since chickens can't speak.
If a rooster laid a brown egg and a white egg, what kind of chicks would hatch?
The riddle assumes roosters lay eggs, but only hens do, so the premise is false.
There are 30 cows in a field, and 28 chickens. How many didn't?
The riddle hides the wordplay 'eight' vs 'ate' inside 'twenty-eight', turning the number into a hidden statement about eating.
I'm found in socks, scarves, and mittens. I'm found in the paws of playful kittens. What am I?
Yarn is the material knitted into socks and mittens, and it's the classic toy kittens love to bat around.
If 5 cats catch 5 mice in 5 minutes, how long will it take one cat to catch a mouse?
Each cat catches one mouse in five minutes regardless of how many cats are working simultaneously, so a single cat still takes five minutes for one mouse.
While on my way to St. Ives, I saw a man with 7 wives. Each wife had 7 sacks. Each sack had 7 cats. Each cat had 7 kittens. Kitten, cats, sacks, wives, How many were going to St. Ives?
The man and his wives, sacks, cats, and kittens were only met along the way, not traveling to St. Ives, so only the narrator was actually headed there.
I act like a cat, I look like a cat, Yet I am not a cat. What am I?
A kitten looks and behaves like a cat but wordplay treats the young 'kitten' as distinct from a full-grown 'cat.'
When is it bad luck to see a black cat?
A twist on the black-cat superstition — luck depends on perspective, and for a mouse a cat is always bad news.
Which bird does not belong in this group? Finch, gull, eagle, ostrich, or sparrow?
Finches, gulls, eagles, and sparrows can all fly, but ostriches are flightless birds, making the ostrich the odd one out.
It has a long neck, a name of a bird, feeds on ships cargo, and is not alive. What is it?
A construction "crane" shares its name with the long-necked bird and is used to lift ("feed on") cargo at ports.
A man builds a house with all 4 sides facing south. A bear walks past the house. What color is the bear?
The only place all four walls can face south is the North Pole, where the local bears are polar bears, which are white.
Why are teddy bears never hungry?
Wordplay — "stuffed" means full from eating, but teddy bears are literally stuffed with filling.
Why did Tigger go to the bathroom?
Wordplay — "Pooh," as in Winnie the Pooh, sounds like "poo," a bathroom joke.
Use all letters of this sentence once each only to spell out three animals. 'TALL ELEPHANT OR APEMAN' What are the three animals?
This is an anagram — rearranging every letter in "TALL ELEPHANT OR APEMAN" spells out PANTHER, ANTELOPE, and LLAMA.
What animal has no wings, but yet will fly?
A caterpillar has no wings at all, but through metamorphosis it becomes a butterfly or moth, which then can fly.
With what two animals do you always go to bed?
Wordplay — "calves" are baby cows, but also the muscles on the back of your legs, which go to bed with you.
What is 1 animal that can see at night but be blinded at day?
A bat has poor daytime vision but navigates well at night, and the riddle's wordplay treats the numeral "1" as the letter "a" ("a bat").
What animal probably likes doors?
Wordplay — "dormouse" sounds like "door mouse."
What animals would be the best at playing video games?
An octopus has eight arms, giving it plenty of "hands" to work a game controller.
How are people like animals?
Wordplay — several body parts share names with animals: bear/bare feet, frog in throat, calves, and "bull" as in bull talk.
Add a letter to an animal, and make a building. What is it?
Adding the letter "t" to "sable," a small mammal, creates "stable," a building for horses.
What animal would you get crossed a duck, a beaver, and an otter?
The platypus has a duck-like bill, a beaver-like flat tail, and swims like an otter, making it look like a combination of all three.
A man but an animal, a horn with two hands. What am I?
The Minotaur of Greek mythology has the body of a man, the head of a bull with horns, and two human hands.
What animal is it the hardest to have a staring contest with?
Fish lack eyelids, so they never blink, making them seem to win any staring contest by default.
What kind of animal is a slope?
Wordplay — "hypotenuse," the slope of a triangle, sounds like "hypote-moose."
What kind of animal can do Kung fu?
A reference to the "Kung Fu Panda" movies.
Through a sea of green and islands of brown, leaving a crystal path behind, safe inside a spiral cave, preparing to come out again. What animal am I?
The "sea of green" is grass, the "crystal path" is a snail's slime trail, and the "spiral cave" is its shell.
I eat animals but I don't hunt or kill. What am I?
Vultures are scavengers — they eat animals that are already dead instead of hunting them.
I can spell yet I have no mouth. I can speak to animals but can't speak to humans. I am fierce but small. What am I?
A bee can "spell" the letter B and "speaks" to other creatures through its sting, despite being small and fierce.
What flower would remind you of a certain animal that took a great deal of care about its appearance?
Wordplay — "dandelion" sounds like "dandy lion," a lion that's a dandy (fussy about looks).
Where do animals go to get their new tails when they're broken?
Wordplay — "retail" sounds like "re-tail."
Why don't African animals play games?
Wordplay — "cheetahs" sounds like "cheaters."