Animal Riddles for Kids

• Aidan has some turtles and tanks.
• One per tank leaves an extra turtle.
• Two per tank leaves an extra tank.
• The numbers are small.
• Can you find both?

Hint: Try guessing small numbers like 2, 3, or 4 turtles.

I am chocolate, shaped like a bunny, and appear in your Easter basket. What am I?

I am the star of Thanksgiving dinner. I am a big bird. What am I?

I fly at night, hang upside down to sleep, and love to eat insects. What am I?

I have a little house in which I live all alone. It has no doors or windows, and if I want to go out I must break through the wall.

Hint: I have a little house in which I live all alone…

I have a red nose and I lead the way on the snowiest night. What am I?

I have no legs or arms but I still eat with a fork everyday, What am I?

I herald the darkness which descends on all creatures; You will know my approach by moans and wracked features. I visit the hippo, hyena, and horse, But never go near snails and spiders, of course. I would circle the glove, leaping one to the other, Should all the world’s people ever clasp hands together. What am I?

Hint: I herald the darkness which descends on all creatures; You will know my approach…

I hop around on Easter, hiding colorful eggs in the garden. Who am I?

I live in the canopy. I rarely touch the forest floor. I hang upside down all day. I move as slow as a tortoise. My hair is brown and green. I eat tree leaves. Who am i?

Hint: I live in the canopy…

I’m a riddle in nine syllables, An elephant, a ponderous house, A melon strolling on two tendrils O red fruit, Ivory, fine timber! The loaf’s big with it’s yeasty rising Money’s new minted in this fat purse. I’m a means, a stage, a cow in calf. I’ve eaten a bag of green apples Boarded the train there’s no getting off.

Hint: I’m a riddle in nine syllables…

I’m the part of the bird that’s not in the sky. I can swim in the ocean and yet remain dry. What am I?

Hint: I’m the part of the bird that’s not in the sky…

I spin webs, have eight legs, and Halloween loves me. What am I?

If a man carried my burden He would break his back. I am not rich, But leave silver in my track.

Hint: If a man carried my burden He would break his back…

If a rooster laid a brown egg and a white egg, what kind of chicks would hatch?

If three cats catch three mice in three minutes, how many cats would be needed to catch 100 mice in 100 minutes?

Hint: If three cats catch three mice in three minutes…

In a pond there are some flowers with some bees hovering over the flowers. How many flowers and bees are there if both the following statements are true: 1. If each bee lands on a flower, one bee doesn’t get a flower. 2. If two bees share each flower, there is one flower left out.

Hint: In a pond there are some flowers with some bees hovering over the flowers…

In marble walls as white as milk, Lined with skin as soft as silk, Within a fountain crystal clear, A golden apple does appear. No doors are there to this stronghold— Yet thieves break in and steal the gold.

Hint: In marble walls as white as milk…

I hop instead of walk, my fluffy tail is small and round, and crunchy orange carrots are my favorite snack of all.

Hint: I’m a small furry friend you might see in a garden.

Old Mother Twitchett had but one eye, and a long tail which she let fly; and every time she went through a gap, a bit of her tail she left in a trap. What is she?

Hint: Old Mother Twitchett had but one eye…