Braingle: 'Animal Antics' Brain Teaser

Animal Antics

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Puzzle ID:	#47227
Fun:	(2.8)
Difficulty:	(2.56)
Category:	Group
Submitted By:	dalfamnest
Corrected By:	Mad-Ade

All except one of the following animals have something in common. What feature connects them? Which does not fit with the others in the list?

Dog, Cat, Ape, Goat, Wolf, Badger, Monkey, Squirrel

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Comments

Marple Jun 13, 2010	Very good! I really enjoyed this.
mathisnice Jun 21, 2010	Loved it!
Babe Feb 14, 2012	Did not like this one and why eliminate the cat? Did you never hear of taking a "cat nap" That is a human action.
spikethru4 Feb 14, 2012	@Babe, "to cat" is not a verb - not that I've ever heard of, anyway. Good teaser, didn't get it. I went for ape because it doesn't have a tail.
gaylewolf Feb 14, 2012	I didn't get this one, either! But, I liked it! Thanks for posting!
gaylewolf Feb 14, 2012	PS Happy Valentine's Day!
lukasiwicz Feb 14, 2012	Or, for that matter, did you never hear of "catting around," also a human action. All in all, a very poorly formulated puzzle. We do not speak of "goating" someone; we speak, rather, of getting someone's goat. Furthermore, there are two other perfectly good answers to this puzzle: goat could be the odd mammal out, because it is the only one with horns, or, alternatively, badger could be the odd mammal out, because it is the only one that burrows. As I said, a poorly thought-out puzzle. Boo, hiss!
udoboy Feb 14, 2012	Quit being catty about this teaser!
cribb19 Feb 14, 2012	I think you're thinking of goad not goat. I looked in several online dictionaries and not one has goat as a verb.
katamaster Feb 14, 2012	I was thinking Ape because all the other animals have tails.
dsjt Feb 14, 2012	I'm not trying to be catty, but... Ape is the correct answer because it is the only one without a tail.
HABS2933 Feb 14, 2012	I too was thinking that you were thinking of "GOAD" not "GOAT". As pointed out, you can "get someone's goat" but you do not goat them. There could be an argument made for anyone of those words not fitting the group for any number of reasons. I'd have to agree that this was not among my favorite teasers.
eamon Feb 14, 2012	Massive FAIL. The expression is Goad NOT: Goat = to annoy or enrage some one. If you can't fix the puzzle, it should be withdrawn. It also relies on idiomatic expressions which may not even be universal. You messed up on the goat/goad thing though.
Bummerdude Feb 14, 2012	I went with Monkey for the only one with a prehensile tail.
jaycr Feb 14, 2012	Couldn't figure this one out, read the answer, now I know why I didn't get it...
thecatladycac Feb 14, 2012	I also chose monkey as the only one with a prehensile tail!
GWeb64 Feb 14, 2012	The word you defined is "goad" not goat.
GWeb64 Feb 14, 2012	get rid of goat and it works. or replace it with "rat" as in "to inform on one's associates"
gaylewolf Feb 14, 2012	Nice to see several new people commenting today! Welcome!
Chobuck Feb 14, 2012	I don't have anything to add that hasn't been commented on already... Thumbs down on this one.
phyllisa Feb 14, 2012	I though it was APE because it was the only one without a hidden word!!!! Good teaser anyway...
phyllisa Feb 14, 2012	correction: thought...
labgeek Feb 14, 2012	Wolf is the answer. You have to change the spelling to get the plural form - wolves. For all the others, you simply add 's'.
auntiesis Feb 14, 2012	Lots of comments. I, too, thought ape because of the tail. Happy Valentine's Day to my sweet friend.
tonjawithaj Feb 14, 2012	I was an APE guesser too! I agree that there were many solutions to this. Happy Valentine's Day!
jeRussell Feb 14, 2012	There is the phrase 'cat around' and you can guess the meaning. I went for the goat myself. But it was still fun.
dalfamnest Feb 15, 2012	This doesn't look the same as the one I sent in - I see it has been "corrected" and now I'm not happy with it. Of course, GOAT is the answer ... the others are verbs. To 'cat around' is acceptable. The suggestion that GOAT means to annoy or enrage someone is NOT correct!! I'm sorry, folks!! I'll suggest the change is made.