13 Animal Riddles That Will Make You Laugh Like A Hyena

I have four legs but no tail. Usually I am heard only at night. What am I?

What jumps when it walks and sits when it stands?

I plow and plow, but never sow. What am I?

I had no father, only a grandfather. I shall bear no sons, only daughters. What am I?

Armored but not a knight, snapping but not a twig, and always at home, even on the move. What am I?

I create my lair with earthen string and dispatch my prey with a biting sting. What am I?

I have a face like a tree and skin like the sea. A great beast I am, yet small vermin frighten me. What am I?

As small as your thumb, I am light in the air. You may hear me before you see me, but trust that I'm there. What am I?

Born of water, I drown in water. A blood-thirsty beast you can barely see. What am I?

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

This animal wears a coat in the winter and pants in the summer. What is it?

Alive without breath, as cold as death. All in mail never clinking. Never thirsty, ever drinking. What am I?

Though it's not an ox, it has horns; though it's not an ass, it has a pack-saddle; and wherever it goes it leaves silver behind. What is it?