77 Animal Riddles That Will Raise a Chuckle

Author:
Ben Reed
Updated date:
Apr 2, 2021

Ben loves the way riddles and their play on words contribute to the complexity of our language..

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77 Rib-tickling Riddles With an Animal Theme

Riddles are great fun and can be an excellent way for family and friends to engage in joyful banter. They can also be a fantastic way for children to learn about words and vocabulary.

With over 75 animal-related riddles, this article, packed with conundrums, will have you laughing, chuckling and yes, even groaning.

Let's Start by Reminding Ourselves What a Riddle Is

A riddle is:

It is a question that is worded in such a way as to require clever or unexpected thinking in order to find the answer. One of the most commonly used methods of setting a riddle is to use words with double meanings.
It is a statement, or question, or phrase that has a veiled meaning.
In order to be successful, a riddle needs someone to ask the question - or pose the riddle and another person or persons to accept the challenge.
Riddles are mysteries to be solved.
Riddles can also be put as puzzles to be resolved.

Used by people since before recorded history, riddles have become a type of guessing game involving wit and skill. In today's modern age, riddles are more like jokes, with questions that have a trick answer. Over the years, they seem to take on subtle and different forms.

1. What Color Socks Do Bears Wear?

Answer: They don't—they have bear feet.

2. What Bird Never Goes to the Barber?

Answer: A bald eagle.

3. Why are Dogs Such Poor Dancers?

Answer: They have two left feet.

4. What is it That a Cat has That no Other Animal can Have?

Answer: Kittens.

5. Why did the Grizzly Catch Cold?

Answer: Because he went outside in his bear feet.

6. What is Three Storeys High and Moves Through the Jungle at 15 mph?

Answer: A giraffe on roller skates.

7. What did the Pony say When he had a Sore Throat?

Answer: Excuse me—I'm a little hoarse.

8. What do you Call a Left-handed Dog?

Answer: A south paw.

9. What did the Bee say When he got Home?

Answer: Hi honey.

10. What is Striped and Bouncy?

Answer: A tiger on a pogo stick.

11. What do you Call a Crying Camel?

Answer: A humpback wail.

12. What did the Parrot say When he Fell in Love With a Duck?

Answer: Polly want a quacker.

Polly Wants a Cracker. A plethora of parrots.

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13. Why are Elephants Poor?

Answer: Because they work for peanuts.

14. Why Does an Ostrich Have Such Long Legs?

Answer: So they can touch the ground.o their feet

15. What do you get if you Cross a Beetle and an Australian Dog?

Answer: Dingo Star.

16. What do you Call a Great Dog Detective?

Answer: Sherlock Bones.

17. Which Animal Uses a Nutcracker?

Answer: A toothless squirrel.

Which animal uses a nutcracker riddle? Tired out from all this riddling yet?

18. What do you Give a Sick Bird?

Answer: Tweetment.

19. In Which River Would you Find Lots of Snakes?

Answer: The Hiss-issippi.

20. What has a Horn, But Does not Honk?

Answer: A rhinoceros.

21. What Kind of Money do Polar Bears Use?

Answer: Ice-lolly.

22. What do you get if you Cross a Bear and a Harp?

Answer: A bare-faced lyre.

23. What fur do we get From a Tiger?

Answer: As fur away as possible.

24. What is as big as an Elephant, but Doesn't Weigh Anything?

Answer: An elephants shadow.

25. What Type of Food do you Feed a Racehorse?

Answer: Fast food.

26. What two keys Cannot Open any Doors?

Answer: Monkey's and Donkey's.

27. What Illness Does a Bee Suffer From if it Visits Too Many Flowers?

Answer: High bud pressure.

28. What do you Call a Gorilla With a Banana in Both Ears?

Answer: Whatever you want. He can't hear you.

It's Just Bananas

29. What do you Call a Kitten Drinking Lemonade?

Answer: A sourpuss.

30. Can you Spell Mouse-trap With Just Three Letters?

Answer: C- A -T.

31. What do you Call a Fish Without an Eye?

Answer: A fsh.

32. What Always Sleeps With its Shoes On?

Answer: A Horse.

33. How do you Keep a Noisy Dog Quiet?

Answer: With hush puppies.

34. Which Reptile can Tell the Time?

Answer: A grandfather croc.

35. What do Lazy Dogs do for Fun?

Answer: Chase parked cars.

36. Why was the Baby Ant Confused?

Answer: All his uncles were ants.

37. How do you Know Peanuts are Fattening?

Answer: Have you ever seen a skinny elephant?

38. What can Make an Octopus Laugh?

Answer: Ten tickles (tentacles).

39. What do you get When you Cross a Snowman With a Wolf?

Answer: Frostbite.

Why not take part in my poll?

40. What do you get if you Cross a Squirrel With a Kangaroo?

Answer: An animal that carries nuts in its pocket.

41. Why do Hummingbirds Hum?

Answer: Because they don't know the words.

42. Where Should you Never Take a Dog?

Answer: To a flea Market.

43. Why do Dragons Sleep All Day?

Answer: Because they hunt knights.

44. What Grows Down When it Grows Up?

Answer: A goose.

45. What do you get When you Cross a Parrot and a Tiger?

Answer: I don't know. But whatever it is, you had better listen carefully.

46. What do you get if you Cross a Spider and Rat?

Answer: An aRATnid.

47. What do Moths Study at School?

Answer: Mothematics.

48. Why did King Kong Climb to the top of the Empire State Building?

Answer: Because he was too big to fit in the lift.

49. What Does a Dog call his Father?

Answer: Paw.

Animal Riddles for You to Solve.

50. What Animal do you Look Like When you get Into the Bath?

Answer: A little bear.

51. What do you Call a Bear With a Hole in His Middle?

Answer: A polo bear.

52. What do you get When a Chicken Lays an Egg on top of a Barn?

Answer: An egg roll.

53. What is the Worlds Greatest use for Cowhide?

Answer: To hold cows together.

54. How Much is a Skunk Worth?

Answer: One cent.

55. What do you Call a Deer With No Eyes?

Answer: I have no eye deer.

56. What is a Snakes Favorite Food?

Answer: Hiss-tachio.

57. What do you get if you Cross a Cocker Spaniel and a Rooster?

Answer: CockerPoodleDoo.

58. What Kind of can Never Needs a Can-opener?

Answer: A pelican.

59.Where did the Tiger go When he Lost his Tail?

Answer: A re-tail store.

60. When do Ducks fly Upside Down?

Answer: When they quack up.

61. Why did the Baseball Team Hire a Frog?

Answer: The frog never missed a fly.

62. What Bird can Lift the Heaviest Weights?

Answer: The crane.

63. Why Does a Dog Scratch Itself?

Answer: Because no one else knows where it itches.

64. Why do Mice Need Oiling?

Answer: Because they squeak.

65. What is the Best Year for a Kangaroo?

Answer: A leap year.

66. What Kind of Leopard has Red Spots?

Answer: One who has measles.

67. What Do Dogs and Trees Have in Common?

Answer: Bark.

68. What is a Mosquitoes Favorite Sport?

Answer: Skin diving.

69. What Birds are Found in Portugal?

Answer: Portu-geese.

70. Why Do Bees Have Sticky Hair?

Answer: Because they have honeycombs.

71. What is a Foreign Ant?

Answer: Import-ant.

72. What do Teddy Bears do in the Rain?

Answer: They get wet.

73. What Bird is Eaten at Every Meal?

Answer: A swallow.

74. What's an Insects Favorite Sport?

Answer: Cricket.

75. What are Caterpillars Afraid Of?

Answer: Doger-pillars.

76. What do you Call a Bird in the Winter?

Answer: Brrrr-d.

Shivering bird - What Do You Call a Bird in the Winter?

77. Why are Frogs Always so Happy?

Answer: Because they eat what bugs them.

I hope that you have had a few chuckles along the way?

asereht1970 from Philippines on May 02, 2014:

I just love riddles. The kids in our house love to give riddles and make everyone laugh.

Elsie Hagley from New Zealand on January 05, 2014:

I love these riddles, put many smiles on my face, the kids would love these, I can just see them trying some of these on their friends. Thanks for all my smiles so early on a monday morning 8.45 am.

Ben Reed (author) from Redcar on November 20, 2013:

@tonyleather: Thank you. I'm pleased that you enjoyed these riddles.

tonyleather on November 20, 2013:

This was a very amusing and interesting lens. Thank you!

Fay Favored from USA on October 30, 2013:

So much, and they are all clean for kids too. I'll be sharing this for sure.

Ben Reed (author) from Redcar on August 21, 2013:

@mathew31: Thank you.

mathew31 on August 20, 2013:

Great lens - clever and funny riddles!

Birthday Wishes from Here on August 11, 2013:

Wonderful lens! I love the animal riddles and I am not a kid anymore... ;-) Thanks a lot for sharing!

Ben Reed (author) from Redcar on August 09, 2013:

@mel-kav: Thank you.

mel-kav on August 08, 2013:

I really enjoyed this lens.

Ben Reed (author) from Redcar on August 03, 2013:

@LadyDuck: Thank you.

LadyDuck on August 03, 2013:

Very funny lens, I enjoyed reading it.

Ben Reed (author) from Redcar on August 03, 2013:

@SusanAston: They do have that Christmas cracker feel to them don't they...

SusanAston on August 02, 2013:

These jokes will be good inside Christmas crackers

Raymond Eagar on July 26, 2013:

When I ended at the bottom of the lens I was smiling even more.

Ben Reed (author) from Redcar on July 25, 2013:

@SavioC: Thank you - your comments are very much appreciated.

SavioC on July 25, 2013:

I really enjoyed this lens. Got myself lost in Riddle World and it always gets me smiling . Feeling light and good after reading this one. Thank you for sharing this with us.

Ben Reed (author) from Redcar on July 24, 2013:

@Judy Filarecki: That's great.

Judy Filarecki from SW Arizona and Northern New York on July 23, 2013:

Very cute. I can hear my grand kids telling these at the kitchen table.

Ben Reed (author) from Redcar on July 13, 2013:

@Dressage Husband: I am pleased that you enjoyed your visit.

Stephen J Parkin from Pine Grove, Nova Scotia, Canada on July 12, 2013:

These were a whole load of fun and brought back many childhood memories.

Joanie Ruppel from Keller, Texas on July 07, 2013:

Nice collection! My daughter is going to love these!

Ben Reed (author) from Redcar on June 28, 2013:

@Sukeydoo: It'a always nice to know when my lense has raised a giggle.

Sukeydoo on June 28, 2013:

Great lens! It gave me a giggle which I always welcome !

Ben Reed (author) from Redcar on May 13, 2013:

@anonymous: Thank you.

anonymous on May 12, 2013:

Fantastic Lens ! Best Wishes :)

Ben Reed (author) from Redcar on April 29, 2013:

@Julia Morais: Thank you.

Julia Morais on April 28, 2013:

Loved the riddles. The little ant was confused because all his uncles were ants!! Hahaha....

Rosanna Grace on April 16, 2013:

"I really like your riddles. I think they are smart and funny at the same time. My favourite one is about the bees and their honeycombs" Misty Grace ( 8 years old ).

Ben Reed (author) from Redcar on April 08, 2013:

@BlogsWriter: Thank you. Riddles can be great fun whatever your age.

BlogsWriter on April 08, 2013:

The riddles even adults would enjoy. Amazing !

Ben Reed (author) from Redcar on March 23, 2013:

@InfoCoop: Thank you. Riddles are timeless.

InfoCoop on March 23, 2013:

A humpback wail - I love it! We actually have The Biggest Riddle Book of all Time. My daughter still occasionally reads it instead of listening to her iPod.

squid-pinkchic18 on March 11, 2013:

Awesome lens!!!

Ben Reed (author) from Redcar on March 07, 2013:

@graphite75: Thank you.

Tom on March 07, 2013:

I love riddles. You've got a good bunch here that I can ask my son. He'll dig it!

Virginiangare on February 27, 2013:

I love them!

Ben Reed (author) from Redcar on February 22, 2013:

@TopChristmasToysGifts: Thank you. The kid in us all never leaves no matter what age we reach - thank goodness.

TopChristmasToysGifts on February 21, 2013:

Great selection of animal riddles for kids (or big kids!)

Ben Reed (author) from Redcar on February 21, 2013:

@TheLittleCardShop: Thank you for taking part on my lense - always appreciated,

Ben Reed (author) from Redcar on February 21, 2013:

@TheLittleCardShop: Thank you for taking part on my lense - always appreciated,

Malu Couttolenc on February 20, 2013:

I enjoyed reading your riddles for kids very much :)

Sheilamarie from British Columbia on January 23, 2013:

A very fun read. Thanks.

azamkhan760 on January 13, 2013:

nice thanks for this fun lens

Ben Reed (author) from Redcar on January 12, 2013:

@Masterdevin123: Thank you for the visit and comment - always appreciated.

Masterdevin123 on January 11, 2013:

Very fun and cool, I hope to one day have as well done and successful lenses as you.