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Farm animals 15 riddles for kids, with the answers

A farm is where people grow food and look after animals. Cows give milk, hens lay eggs and sheep grow wool, while dogs and cats help keep watch. Some wild animals, like swallows and sparrows, love living near farms too.

  1. Read one clue at a time
  2. Your friend guesses
  3. Tap Show me to check
Professor Sammy, a cartoon explorer in a safari hat and round glasses

Riddles

Who am I? Guess the animal

Read a riddle to a friend, one clue at a time. How many clues do they need? The last clue gives it away. Tap Show me to check the answer.

  1. Riddle 1

    1. I live in homes and on farms, almost everywhere people live.

    2. I can't taste sweet things, so sugar tastes like nothing to me.

    3. My whiskers help me feel in the dark if a gap is wide enough for me.

    4. When I fall, I can twist in the air and land on my feet.

    5. I purr, and once I'm grown up, I meow mostly to talk to people.

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    Cat, a cartoon from Thought Zoo
    Cat facts for kids

  2. Riddle 2

    1. I live on farms all over the world, and at night I sleep up high.

    2. I have no teeth, so I swallow little stones that help my tummy crush seeds.

    3. I take baths in dry dirt to get rid of tiny bugs in my feathers.

    4. There are more of us in the world than any other kind of bird.

    5. I have a red comb on my head, I cluck, and I lay eggs for your breakfast.

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    Chicken, a cartoon from Thought Zoo
    Chicken facts for kids

  3. Riddle 3

    1. I live on farms all over the world, and I love being with my big group of friends.

    2. I sleep only about four hours a day, in lots of short naps.

    3. I have no top front teeth, so I wrap my long tongue around grass to pull it.

    4. I burp up grass I already swallowed and chew it again, moving my jaw all day long.

    5. People get milk from me, and they make cheese and butter from it.

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    Cow, a cartoon from Thought Zoo
    Cow facts for kids

  4. Riddle 4

    1. I live with people all over the world, in houses, on farms and in city streets.

    2. Some of us are smaller than a cat, and some stand as tall as your chest.

    3. My nose print is different from everyone else's, just like your fingerprints.

    4. I can hear a special whistle that sounds totally silent to you.

    5. I wag my tail when I'm happy, and I say "woof woof" to greet you.

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    Dog, a cartoon from Thought Zoo
    Dog facts for kids

  5. Riddle 5

    1. I live on farms and in villages all over the world, and I eat grass and hay.

    2. I can munch dry, woody plants that would leave a horse hungry.

    3. People call me stubborn, but really I'm careful, so I stop and think before I move.

    4. Farmers sometimes let me guard their sheep, and I chase away foxes and dogs with kicks.

    5. I have very long ears, and my loud "hee-haw" can be heard far, far away.

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    Donkey, a cartoon from Thought Zoo
    Donkey facts for kids

  6. Riddle 6

    1. I live on farms all over the world, and I love being with my herd.

    2. My pupils are shaped like rectangles, so I can see almost all the way around me.

    3. In Morocco, some of us climb high up into trees to eat the fruit.

    4. People say I eat tin cans, but I only nibble off the tasty paper labels.

    5. My milk makes tasty cheese, I have horns and a little beard, and I bleat loudly.

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    Goat, a cartoon from Thought Zoo
    Goat facts for kids

  7. Riddle 7

    1. I live on farms and by ponds all over the world, and I eat mostly grass.

    2. I have no real teeth, but my beak has tough little bumps for tearing grass.

    3. When my babies hatch, they follow the first moving thing they see, and that is usually me.

    4. My egg is about three times as big as a chicken's egg.

    5. I honk loudly at strangers, and when I'm cross I stretch my neck low and hiss.

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    Goose, a cartoon from Thought Zoo
    Goose facts for kids

  8. Riddle 8

    1. I live in a herd on farms and grasslands, and I munch grass for hours every day.

    2. I can sleep standing up, because special parts in my legs lock me in place.

    3. I walk on just one toe on each foot, and my hoof is really a giant toenail.

    4. When I run my fastest, all four of my feet leave the ground at once.

    5. People ride on my back, and I neigh, toss my long mane and swish my tail.

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    Horse, a cartoon from Thought Zoo
    Horse facts for kids

  9. Riddle 9

    1. I live all over the world, close to people, and I'm busiest at night.

    2. My front teeth never stop growing, so I have to keep gnawing on things.

    3. I can squeeze through a hole as thin as a pencil.

    4. Cartoons say I love cheese most, but I really like seeds and grain better.

    5. I fit in your hand, and a computer gadget with a cord is named after me.

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    Mouse, a cartoon from Thought Zoo
    Mouse facts for kids

  10. Riddle 10

    1. I live on farms all over the world.

    2. My nose is so good that people train me to sniff out mushrooms hidden underground.

    3. I can hardly sweat, so on hot days I roll in mud to cool off.

    4. My tail is short and often curly.

    5. I have a flat, round nose called a snout, and I say "oink"!

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    Pig, a cartoon from Thought Zoo
    Pig facts for kids

  11. Riddle 11

    1. I live in a big flock, and we fly around together during the day.

    2. To feed our babies, both mum and dad make a cheesy milk in our throats.

    3. I drink by sucking up water like a straw, while most birds must tip their heads back.

    4. I can find my way home from very far away, so people once sent letters with me.

    5. I bob my head as I walk around city squares, looking for bread crumbs.

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    Pigeon, a cartoon from Thought Zoo
    Pigeon facts for kids

  12. Riddle 12

    1. I live in a big flock on farms and hills all over the world.

    2. I have no top front teeth, so I tear grass against a hard pad in my mouth.

    3. My pupils are shaped like rectangles, so I can see behind me without turning my head.

    4. I can remember the faces of about fifty friends, and people's faces too, for years.

    5. Once a year people cut off my thick, warm wool, and I say baa.

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    Sheep, a cartoon from Thought Zoo
    Sheep facts for kids

  13. Riddle 13

    1. I'm small and I can fly, and I live near people's houses almost everywhere in the world.

    2. I never fly away for winter, and at night I sleep in thick hedges with my flock.

    3. I take baths in dry dust, wriggling around to clean my feathers.

    4. The boys in my family wear a black bib on their throat, but the girls don't.

    5. I'm small and brown, I hop around, chirp all day and peck at bread crumbs.

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    Sparrow, a cartoon from Thought Zoo
    Sparrow facts for kids

  14. Riddle 14

    1. I'm a small bird, and I catch flies and mosquitoes while I fly.

    2. I drink water and even take a bath while flying low over a pond.

    3. I build my cup-shaped nest from wet mud, carried in my beak one bit at a time.

    4. Each autumn I fly to Africa, and in spring I return to the same barn.

    5. My tail is split into two long points, my throat is red, and people say I bring spring.

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    Swallow, a cartoon from Thought Zoo
    Swallow facts for kids

  15. Riddle 15

    1. I'm a bird that lives on farms all over the world and loves pecking at grain and seeds.

    2. I have no teeth, so I swallow little stones that grind up my food inside my tummy.

    3. I can see almost all the way around me without turning my head.

    4. My bare, bumpy head can turn red, white or blue, depending on how I feel.

    5. I spread my tail like a big fan, and many families eat me for Christmas dinner.

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    Turkey, a cartoon from Thought Zoo
    Turkey facts for kids

Now let Sammy pick one of these animals.

In Thought Zoo, Sammy hides one of these animals and you find it by asking her yes-or-no questions, out loud. Turn the riddles around: now you ask the questions. It's free to play.

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