Witty & Wise
GAME ANIMALS
Deer Reader: Are you ready fur some fun? Want to paws and play some puzzles? If so, this page of animal brainteasers is where you want to bee.
MIXED BREEDS
Identify each pair of animals that we’ve combined to create these odd creatures. Hint: Paired animals start with the same letter.
FIND THE FAKES
Of the 12 unusual animals listed below, six are real and the other six are made up. Which is which?
1. Blue spotted cobra
2. Elephant bee
3. Fearsome giant marlin
4. Green tropical cardinal
5. King urban termite
6. Harbormouse
7. Lumpsucker
8. Mountain chicken
9. Paradoxical frog
10. Sarcastic fringehead
11. Screaming hairy armadillo
12. Skywalker gibbon
MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION
Rearrange the letters in each phrase to get a type of animal and the name of its young. TORPEDO FLAG, for example, would become FROG and TADPOLE. As a hint, we’ve given you the starting letters for the animal first and then its offspring.
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WITTY & WISE ANSWERS
MIXED BREEDS:
1. AARDVARK/ARMADILLO
2. OTTER/OCELOT
3. DOLPHIN/DONKEY
4. YAK/YELLOW JACKET
5. HUMMINGBIRD/HIPPOPOTAMUS
6. RACCOON/RATTLESNAKE
FIND THE FAKES:
THE LAST SIX ARE THE REAL ANIMALS.
MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION:
SEAL/PUP DEER/FAWN DOG/PUPPY SHEEP/LAMB HORSE/FOAL CAT/KITTEN LEOPARD/CUB GOOSE/GOSLING ELEPHANT/CALF OSTRICH/CHICK