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Lynx Fun facts for kids
Lynx lynx
The lynx lives in forests and mountains in Europe and Asia and eats deer, hares and rabbits.
- Where it lives
- in forests and mountains in Europe and Asia
- What it eats
- deer, hares and rabbits
- How big it is
- about as big as a large dog
Fun facts about the lynx
The ones Sammy likes best. She tells them in the game, too.
Its huge furry paws work like snowshoes, so it can run on deep snow where deer sink in.
Its black ear tufts may work like little antennae, helping it hear better.
People say a lynx can spot a hare from as far away as three football fields.
There is a group of stars called Lynx, and an astronomer joked you need lynx eyes to see them.
It can leap about as far as a car is long to pounce on its dinner.
Even though it looks fierce, it is so shy that many people living near lynxes never see one.
It purrs, meows and hisses just like a cat at home.
Riddle
Can a friend guess it?
Read the clues to someone, one at a time, without saying the animal. How many clues do they need? Fewer is better, just like in the game.
I live alone in thick forests and on rocky mountains in Europe and Asia.
I'm so shy that many people who live near me never see me at all.
My big furry paws work like snowshoes, so I can run on deep snow where deer sink in.
People say I can spot a hare from as far away as three football fields.
I'm a big wild cat with a very short tail and black tufts on the tips of my ears.
Sammy might be thinking of a lynx.
In Thought Zoo, Sammy picks an animal and you ask her yes-or-no questions to find it. You'll find the lynx in the Croatia adventure.
Play the CroatiaComing to iPad, iPhone and Android on 12 January 2027
