Animal
Riddles
1.
Guess My Animal By
Mike My animal is 26
in long. Its 2-3 pounds and is 6 to 7 inches high. There
fur is golden brown with dark feet and a pale face, and
has an orange spot on the throat and chest. It eats hares,
squirrels, birds, eggs, shrews, amphibians, insects and
more. It has 2-3 young a year. It lives in hollow trees
and rock crevices. The young get eaten by wolves and owls.
It grows up to 26 in. Fishers, sables, weasels, mink, polecats
otters and badgers are related to my animal. My animal is
very rare.
Answer 2.
Guess My Animal By
Brandon B. My animal is grayish
white. They have hairless ears and tails. They have a pink
nose. It is 13-20 inches long. It is 4-15 lbs. Their habitat
is wet wooded areas, and farmland. Its foods are worms,
reptiles, and insects. They have one litter per year.{5-13
kits in a litter.} They are less active in the winter. Its
predators are bobcat, coyote, and fisher.
Answer 3.
Guess My Animal By
Emily My animal’s
weight is 2-3 ounces. It is 9-11 inches long. It has brown
on his back and red on his chest. It lays 3-5 eggs. The
eggs are pale blue. Babies hatch blind and featherless.
It makes his nest out of mud, grass, and twigs. It eats
earthworms, insects, fruits, and berries. Something that
eats them are Coppers Hawk and sharp shinned Hawk. They
mate in early spring.
Answer 4.
Guess My Animal By
Taylor My animal is 8
to 10 inches long. If it is in the summer a male it is dark
brow. If it was a female it would be light brown and they
both have white tip on there tail. In the winter they are
both white and have brow tipped tails. They live on grass
dirt mud and rocks. Their enemies are bob cats foxes and
hawks. They eat frogs, waterfowl, rabbits, chicken food.
There have 3-9 babies at once. They are born blind and no
fur. They are nocturnal and diurnal-which means they come
out in the day.
Answer 5.
Guess My Animal By
Elizabeth I am about the
size of a crow! Male’s have Red heads females have
Brown. I’m 15 inches long. I lay 2 to 4 eggs. I eat
insects like beetles, nuts, and berries. I make a nest in
a dead tree. I can be heard from long distances!
Answer 6.
Guess My Animal By:
Olivia My animal’s
length is 3½ feet long. Its color is white, yellow,
and brown. Its eggs are 1-3 inches long. The colors of the
eggs are dull white. It is located in tall trees such as
pine trees. It eats fish, waterfowl, and small birds. The
predators of the eggs are raccoons. It migrates to western
or southern states and on the coast. Its habitat is in forested
areas, near rivers, lakes, and on the coast. It became the
nation’s symbol in 1782.
Answer 7.
Guess My Animal
By
Greg It’s size
is 11 inches and it comes out of the egg in 18 weeks. It
feeds on crayfish and dead animals. It has a shell. It is
found in lakes, streams and marshes. Its family lives in
the water and the babies will come out of the egg in 9 to
18 weeks. The female will lay her eggs twice a year on a
beach. It feeds on plant, fish, crayfish mussels, worms
and dead animals. Its enemies are the raccoon, skunk, birds,
and coyote. Its protection is its shell. It is named for
the color in its shell. It has webbed feet.
Answer 8.
Guess My Animal By
Meagan Its colors are
reddish brown with gray stripes. The colors are light on
the belly. It is 3-5 inches long. Its tail is 3-4 inches
long too. It weighs 21/2 to 4 ½ oz. Its call is a
faast “chip-chip-chip”. It lives in a hole in
the round called a den. The den has these rooms: pantry,
bedroom. It eats nuts, buds, berries, seeds, mice, insect
and bird eggs. It has 1-8 babies in each litter. It has
babies between April and July. The babies are born blind
an d hairless. Its enemies are coyote, bobcat, fox, owl,
weasel, snakes, and domestic cats. It hides in its burrow
to escape enemies. It is able to run 15 feet per second.
It uses its cheeks to carry food back to the den.
Answer 9.
Guess My Animal By
John My animal is 27-35
long and it weights 28-75. It has to grind its teeth every
night and it has an extra eye lid. It is also brown. Its
tail is 15” long and 7”wide. It has 3-5 kits
at a time. The babies are 1 pound when they’re born.
They can swim soon after they are born but never want to.
Its home is like a dome shape. It is 2-10’tall and
12-14’ wide. They eat trees. Their enemies are the
bobcat the fisher and coyote. They slap the water with their
tail. It is loud. My animal sprays their home to tell others
that someone’s building this.
Answer 10.
Guess My Animal By:
Rigel My animal’s
size average is 6-26 inches long. It is green, brown or
black with 3 yellow or orange stripes. It lives in marshes,
swamps, forests, rocky ledges, gardens and fields. It lives
all around Maine. It eats fish, insects, worms, toads, salamanders
and mice. They have a hole in the ground fore a nest. It
will have 20-40 live young from July to September. Young
are pencil thin and are 6 inches long. It hides in tall
grass to hide from owls, fox and wolves. They hibernate
in the winter. Answer 11.
Guess My Animal By:
Chris My animal is 15
inches long it weighs 3-10 lbs they are black and white.
They like woodland edges, farmland, overgrown pastures,
and ravines with thick vegetation and suburbs. they eat
mice, insects, fruit, eggs, and garbage. They live through
out Maine and they mate February to April; with a gestation
of 62-66 days. They have 5-7 kits born blind, wrinkled and
toothless. Their predators are the great horned owl and
bobcat. They protect themselves by spaying the enemy. Answer 12.
Guess My Animal By:
Jade
My animal has
a long tail. It weighs 800-1,800 pounds. It is 5-6 feet
tall and is7-10 feet long. It has dark brown to black fur.
Its nest is in trampled vegetation. It eats vegetation and
aquatic plants. The female has 1-2 babies. The babies weigh
25-33 pounds. They are called calves. They are born reddish-brown.
The calves are independent at one year.They are reddish-brown.
Its enemies are wolf, black bear, and grizzly bears. Wolverines
prey on young. They have a long tail and antlers. Their
footprints are heart-shaped with a split hoof. It is the
state mammal of Maine. They can run 35 miles per hour and
can swim 10 miles. Their enemies are coyotes, bear, and
humans. Humans are enemies because they hunt them. Bear
are enemies because they prey on their young. Coyotes are
enemies because coyotes eat them.
Answer 13.
Guess My Animal By:
Jordan S My animal is dark
reddish brown to black rodent. It is 9-67 inches long. It
weighs about 2-4 lbs. They are dark reddish brown to black
rodent. They also have a rat like tail and it is almost
hairless. It lives in a den underground. It builds on platforms.
You can find it in marshes, ponds, rivers, streams, lakes
and more. Their lodges measure up to 2’ high and 4’
across. Their lodges are use for generations for 20-30 years.
They eat Reeds, Frogs, Cray fish, Snails and Mussels. It
protects in the winter it self by making a hole in the ice.
It has 2-3 litters a year. It has their babies in the spring
time. It is born blind. It enemies are Bald Eagles, Great
Horned Owl, and Red Tailed Hawk. It also makes a v shape
when it is swimming.
Answer 14.
Guess My Animal By
Owen
They are 20-30”
high and 26-36” long. They weigh 15-40 lbs. It is
colored tan or gray. They live in the woods and sleep in
the trees. They are found in Maine. They hunt rabbits, mice,
squirrels, and skunks. They are born blind and called kittens
4-6 are born at a time. They are hunted by owls, coyotes,
and bears.
Answer 15.
Guess My Animal By
Jordi I grow from 37
to 41 inches long. My wings are 55” wide. I only way
2 pounds! I have a long S curved neck and long legs. My
bill is yellow but I am all white. My favorite foods are
fish birds, amphibians, reptiles and small mammals. I live
in a nest. I lay about 3 eggs that are a greenish bluish
.
Answer 16.
Guess My Animal By
C.J. My animal is four
and a half to five feet long. It weighs 250 to 300 pounds.
It has brown fur and is the largest animal in weight in
the U.S.A. It mates between June and July. It has usually
twins, furless and blind. It lives in forest, wooden line
places and in the swamps. It eats fruit, small mammals and
fish. If it has to it will eat young. When it opens a honey
bee hive the stings don’t bother because of its thick
fur. At top speed it can run 25 mph. It is an excellent
climber.
Answer 17.
Guess My Animal By
Kevin My animal is found
through out Maine. They hide from: owls, bobcats, foxes,
lynx and hawks. It has a litter of 4 to 7 babies. They can
leave their nest when they are 3-4 weeks old. Their life
span is about 2 years. They are very helpful because they
eat poison ivy. They do not change color during the winter..
It protects it self by hiding motionless in a hollowed out
log.
Answer 18.
Guess My Animal By
Noah My animal is black
and white. It has black eyes. It likes water. It is half
an inch
They usually have three stripes of white. They usually have
seven to eight babies. They are called kits. They eat mice,
insects, fruit, eggs and garbage. Their enemies are the
great horned owl and the bobcat. They can spray up to 50
feet far.
Answer 19.
Guess My Animal By
Sam My animal is 22-40
inches long. It is 2-18 lbs. It is brown, black, white and
a light brown with a black chinstrap. It lives in marshes,
ponds, lakes and rivers. It makes a big raised nest. It
eats aquatic plants, insects, grass seeds and crops. Its
enemies are large mammals and the great horned owl. Babies
can be eaten by snapping turtles.
Answer 
1. Pine Marten
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2. Opossum
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3. Robin
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4. Weasel
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5.
Pileated Woodpecker Go
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6.
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7.
Painted Turtle Go
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8.
Chipmunk Go
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9. Beaver
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10. Garter snake
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11. Skunk
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12. Moose
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13. Muskrat
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14.
Bobcat Go
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15.
The Great Egret Go
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16.
The Black Bear Go
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17. The cotton tailed rabbit
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18.
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19. Canadian Goose
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