Animal Riddles 1 Scoville. I have a backbone. My beak helps me get my food. My babies come from eggs. What am I?

Animal Riddles

1 Scoville

• I have a backbone.• My beak helps me get my food. • My babies come from eggs.• What am I?

Stork

• I like to live in fields and the woods.• I run away from danger to protect myself.• I use my sharp claws and teeth to eat my

food.• In summer, I eat lots of fruits and insects.• In winter, I eat mostly meat – rabbits,

squirrels, and mice.• What am I?

Red Fox

• I like to eat flowers, berries, ants, grubs and honey.

• I have 4 legs to help me walk and climb trees.

• I have 2 to 4 babies in the winter.• What am I?

Black Bear

• I am small.• I do not fly south in the winter.• I have a black throat and upper

chest.• What am I?

Sparrow

• I hibernate.• I protect myself by shaking my tail.• I use my tongue to get food.• My babies come from eggs.• What am I?

Rattlesnake

• I swim very fast by using my tail fins.• I can only jump if I swim fast.• I use my nose to defend myself.• I move my fins by vibrating them.• I make clicking noises.• What am I?

Dolphin

• I do not swim. • I have poison.• I crawl with my many legs.• I pick my food apart with my legs.• I eat insects.• My babies come from my body.• What am I?

Black Widow Spider

• I hear better than humans.• I have 4 legs.• I only see in black and white.• I can bark.• What am I?

Pit Bull

• I live in the ocean.• I eat fish.• I breathe through the top of my

head.• When I am a baby, I drink milk from

my mom.• I cannot smell.• What am I?

Whale

• I have babies in eggs.• I hibernate in the winter.• I use my teeth to protect myself.• I move by slithering.• What am I?

Snake

• I steal other bird’s nests to live in.• I can hop and fly.• I eat acorns.• I chew food and give it to my babies.• What am I?

Bluejay

• I hatch from an egg.• I am a meat-eater.• I have poisonous sharp fangs.• I have a string-like substance that

comes from my body.• What am I?

Spiders

• I drink flower nectar with my tongue.

• I lay eggs that grow into caterpillars.

• I live all over the world.

• I like to hide and camouflage.

• I fly.

• What am I?

Butterfly

• I live in Australia.• I keep a joey in my pouch.• I bounce myself with my tail and

push with my legs.• I eat leaves, grass, and shrubs.• What am I?

Kangaroo

• I have sticky feet.• I make noises when I breathe.• I lay eggs under the water in a gel.• I have powerful legs.• I have gills.• I hibernate.• What am I?

Frog

• I crack seeds with my bill.• I flap my wings to fly.• I steer with my tail.• I squawk sometimes to talk.• I sleep with my head under my

wings.• What am I?

Budgie

• I am in the same family as a lizard.• I have a large tail for swimming.• I hold my breath under the water.• I have really strong legs.• I like to eat meat.• What am I?

Alligator