Animal Riddles

I can sleep 20 hours a day.

I live in grasslands and plains. The females

are the hunters.

I can run as fast as 50 miles an hour.

I used to be found in Asia, Africa, and

Europe.

I live in a group of 15 similar

animals.

• Lion

• Polar Bear

• Monkey

• Rhino

My name means horn nose in ancient Greek. My skin can be two inches thick.

I am huge. I can weight over two tons. I am a vegetarian.

I am an endangered animal.

Birds keep me company and warn me of danger

• Lion

• Tiger

• Hippo

• Rhino

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

I am a vegetarian. I can weigh more than a ton.

I live with other similar animals. Like camels I don’t drink much water.

My babies are born six feet tall.

I can sleep as little as ten minutes a day.

I can run faster than a horse

• Penguin

• Koala

• Giraffe

• Crocodile

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

I am an omnivore- I can eat most anything.

I usually live in a tree, but sometimes on the ground.

I run around during the day.

I am thought to be very smart.

I can count.

I am the fastest animal of my kind on land.

• Seal

• kangaroo

• Monkey

• Lion

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

I am the biggest meat-eating animal on land.

I can smell my dinner 10 kilometers away.

My babies are the size of a guinea pig.

My favorite food is seals.

I can swim as much as 200 miles

• Rhino

• Polar Bear

• Hippo

• Seal

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Like a giraffe my coloring is unique.

I hang out with other similar looking animals. From a distance we look like grass.

I sleep standing up.

I am a vegetarian.

I can run up to 65 K an hour.

My coloring keeps me cool.

• Giraffe

• Zebra

• Crocodile

• Monkey

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

I am a living dinosaur. I first appeared 37 million years ago.

I can cry real tears which are used to clean my eyes.

I am born from an egg.

I have between70 and 80 teeth. When it gets cold, I take a nap in tunnel to keep warm.

I have night vision.

• Crocodile

• Snake

• Shark

• Lizard

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

I live is a special kind of tree and eat 1 kilo or 2½ pounds of its leaves a day.

I am related to kangaroos.

My babies are born blind and without ears.

I can sleep up to 20 hours a day.

I rarely drink water.

I hang out with friends only 15 minutes a day.

• Kangaroo

• Koala

• Monkey

• Tiger

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

I can’t walk backwards, but I can walk on 2 legs or four.

I can also jump and swim.

I eat mostly grass.

I am tiny when I am born and don’t come out into the world for months afterwards.

I hang out with 3 or 4 similar animals.

• Koala

• Kangaroo

• Seal

• Hippo

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

I weigh a lot- as much as 300 kilos or 660 pounds.

I am a meat eater and hunt for my prey at night.

I can run as fast as 65 K /40 miles an hour. I’ve been around for 2 million years.

I love to swim. I am born blind.

I am the biggest animal of my kind.

• Tiger

• Rhino

• Crocodile

• Seal