Looking for animal riddles? You've found the right page. We've collected 20 kid-safe animal riddles, ranging from quick "what am I" warm-ups to head-scratching brain-teasers. Each riddle includes the answer behind a tap, so kids get a chance to guess before peeking. Great as classroom starters, lunch-box surprises, or a family game.
77 animal riddles
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A black dog is sleeping in the middle of a black road that has no streetlights and there is no moon. A car coming down the road with its lights off steers around the dog. How did the driver know the dog was there?
Hint: A black dog is sleeping in the middle of a black road that has no streetlights a…
A black dog stands in the middle of an intersecton in a town painted black. None of the street lights are working due to a power failure caused by a storm. A car with two broken headlights drives towards the dog but turns in time to avoid hitting him. How could the driver have seen the dog in time?
Hint: A black dog stands in the middle of an intersecton in a town painted black…
A horse travels a certain distance each day. Strangely enough, two of its legs travel 30 miles each day and the other two legs travel nearly 31 miles. It would seem that two of the horse’s legs must be one mile ahead of the other two legs, but of course this can’t be true. Since the horse is normal, how is this situation possible?
Hint: A horse travels a certain distance each day…
A hundred feet in the air, but it’s back is on the ground. What is it?
A man but an animal, a horn with two hands. What am I?
A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven’t eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?
Hint: A murderer is condemned to death…
A petshop 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?
Hint: A petshop owner had a parrot with a sign on its cage that said “Parrot repeats e…
A very pretty thing am I, fluttering in the pale-blue sky. Delicate, fragile on the wing, indeed I am a pretty thing. What am I?
Hint: A very pretty thing am I…
Danger lurks on every shore. One wrong move and chaos unfolds. Start with the middle link in the food chain.
Hint: Take the one that’s at risk from both sides.
Alice is walking throught the forest of forgetfulness. She wants to know what day of the week it is. She stops and asks a lion and a unicorn. Now the lion lies all of the time on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. The unicorn always lies on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Alice asks the lion what day it is, he says, “Well, yesterday was one of my lying days.”Alice can’t figure it out just from the lion’s answer so she asks the unicorn and the unicorn says, “Yesterday was also one of my lying days.”What day is it?
Hint: Alice is walking throught the forest of forgetfulness…
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?
Hint: As a whole…
As I was going to the mall I met a man with seven wives, Each wive held two bags, Each bag held a mother cat, Each mother cat had six babies, How many people where going to the mall?
Hint: As I was going to the mall I met a man with seven wives…
Bouncing Bob was riding a particularly frisky horse when suddenly its bridle came off. As they raced down the road, a screaming Bob clung to the horse’s ears for dear life. Out of the corner of his eye, Bob saw a car coming, and realizing the horse was completely out of control, he panicked. Flailing his arms about, he accidentally caused the horse to come to an abrupt halt. What could Bouncing Bob have done to make the horse stop?
Hint: Bouncing Bob was riding a particularly frisky horse when suddenly its bridle cam…
How could a cowboy ride into town on Friday, stay two days, and ride out on Friday?
Hint: How could a cowboy ride into town on Friday…
how does the turtle with no legs cross the road????????? HINT take the f out of free and the f out of way!!!!!!!!!
Hint: how does the turtle with no legs cross the road…
How far can a dog run into the woods?
At the zoo, three animals step on a scale. Elephant and 2 crocodiles together weigh 1200 kg. 2 crocodiles and 4 monkeys together weigh 400 kg. Elephant and 4 monkeys together weigh 1000 kg.
Hint: Compare the pairs to find one animal at a time.
how many animals did moses take on the arc with him?
How many of each type of animal did Moses take on the Ark?
Hint: ‘All but eight’ means eight are left.