100+ Animal Riddles To Challenge Your Brain

What animal would you get crossed a duck, a beaver, and an otter?

I have wings but I am not a bird. I am small, colorful, and beautiful. I live in gardens and fields and forests. I used to be a caterpillar. 

I carry my home with me, whether I am in the water or on land.

What jumps when it walks and sits when it stands?

I am an animal you might love But I am too big to be your pet
I have an extremely long trunk. And it's said I never forget.

I have got lumps on my back and I live on the sand. Iam strong and I carry you over the land.

I am a large unique cat found all around the world.
But being black in color, in the dark night I may startle you.

I am a strange creature, hovering in the air, moving from here to there with a brilliant flare. Some say I sing, but others say I have no voice, so I hum as a matter of choice.

My name comes from the Greeks and means river horse. I am one of the most dangerous animals in Africa and can outrun humans.

I live in the ocean. I like to eat crabs. I can change colors. My eight legs are called tentacles.

Its a scary reptile. A giant lizard with wings. Because it can breathe fire, the great fear is what it brings.

My firsts in old but never in young, my second's in whistled but never in sung. My third's in lunar and in light, my whole is a creature that flies at night.

They are swimmers now but later will make excellent hoppers.
What are they?

I grow down as I grow up. What am I?

What animal might you be called if someone thinks you're scared? It's something you eat, along with its eggs. What's the animal?