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Can You Guess These Animals Based on Their Footprints?

How many of these footprints can you guess correctly?

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Deer-Footprint
Zillmann Reka Imola/Shutterstock

Depending on where you live, this might not be an uncommon sight

Can you spot the animals camouflaged in these photos?

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Deer
Volodymyr Burdiak/Shutterstock

Answer: deer

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Pigeon-footprints
Aleksandrov Ilia/Shutterstock

Just another city resident

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Pigeon
Ray Dexter/Shutterstock

Answer: pigeon

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Raccoon-footprints
Leira/Shutterstock

These guys use their hands almost as much as we do

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Raccoon
Ekaterina Karavaeva/Shutterstock

Answer: raccoon

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Horse-Footprints
PAFS/Shutterstock

Their feet grow until they’re six years old

How good are you at math?

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Horse
Dewald Kirsten/Shutterstock

Answer: horse

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Beaver-footprints
Erika Kirkpatrick/Shutterstock

These animals used to grow up to be 8 feet long

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Beaver
Daniel Rose/Shutterstock

Answer: beaver

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Otter-footprints
LukasPich/Shutterstock

You can find these in almost every U.S. state

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Otter
Nadezda Murmakova/Shutterstock

Answer: otter

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Squirrel-footprints
Natalia Sokko/Shutterstock

No need to be alarmed if you find these tracks in your yard

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Squirrel
Bachkova Natalia/Shutterstock

Answer: squirrel

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Crab-Footprints
Mark Mortin/Shutterstock

A pretty regular visitor to the beach

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hermit-Crab
mathiasmoeller/Shutterstock

Answer: hermit crab

Only two percent of people can solve Einstein’s riddle. Are you part of that small percentage?

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Giraffe-footprint
Atosan/Shutterstock

These guys can weigh up to 2,600 pounds

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Giraffe
paula french/Shutterstock

Answer: giraffe

Can you figure out the missing word in this brainteaser?

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Turtle-footprints
photoNN/Shutterstock

Looks like these animals went for a swim

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Turtle
JB Manning/Shutterstock

Answer: sea turtle

Speaking of turtles, over 60 percent of people can’t find the turtle in this picture. Can you?

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Tiger-prints
val lawless/Shutterstock

Hint: they’re the biggest species of their family

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Tiger
MattiaATH/Shutterstock

Answer: tiger

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Duck-footprints
Kuttelvaserova Stuchelova/Shutterstock

Is that you, Donald?

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Ducks
LuckyPhoto/Shutterstock

Answer: duck

An MIT professor called this “the hardest puzzle ever.” Can you figure it out?

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Dog-prints
Liudmila Pereginskaya/Shutterstock

You probably don’t need a hint for this one

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Dog
Patryk Kosmider/Shutterstock

Answer: dog

Quick! How many triangles are in this image?

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Elephant-footprints
maramade/Shutterstock

The heaviest one in history weight 24,000 pounds

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Elephant
Tereshchenko Dmitry/Shutterstock

Answer: elephant

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Bear-footprint
kostasgr/Shutterstock

You probably won’t want to come across one of these

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Bear
notsuperstar/Shutterstock

Answer: bear

We bet you can’t find the hidden robin in these trees.

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Rabbit-footprints
rolf robischon/Shutterstock

Over half of this animal’s total population lives in North America

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Rabbit
cath5/Shutterstock

Answer: rabbit

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Penguin-footprints
H.R.Photos/Shutterstock

There’s a national day dedicated to these guys

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Penguin
fieldwork/Shutterstock

Answer: penguin

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Cat-footprints
Saikorn/Shutterstock

A group of these animals is called a “clowder”

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Cat
Newman Studio/Shutterstock

Answer: cat

Find out the 50 secrets your pet won’t tell you.

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Snake-prints
MyImages Micha/Shutterstock

You’ve definitely got this one

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Snake
Stefan Scharf/Shutterstock

Answer: snake

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Lizard-prints
Pete Hoffman/Shutterstock

There are over 6,000 species of these

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Lizard
Dmytro Pylypenko/Shutterstock

Answer: lizard

Next, see if you can identify these animals by these close up pictures of their fur.

Brittany Gibson
Brittany Gibson is a regular contributor to RD.com’s culture, food, health, and travel sections. She was previously an editorial intern for RD.com and Westchester Magazine. Her articles have appeared on Buzzfeed, Business Insider, AOL, Yahoo, and MSN, among other sites. She earned a BA in English from the University of Connecticut