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Can You Guess These Animals Based on Their Footprints?

Updated: Nov. 28, 2022

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.