Braingle: 'Next Animal...' Brain Teaser

Next Animal...

Series teasers are where you try to complete the sequence of a series of letters, numbers or objects.

Puzzle ID:	#24923
Fun:	(2.87)
Difficulty:	(2.02)
Category:	Series
Submitted By:	CuteNis

What is the next animal in this series:

Quail, Weasel, Emu, Racoon, -?-

Choose from:
Yak
Turkey
Bumblebee
Ostrich
Tiger
Eland

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Answer

Turkey

The series alternates between bird and mammal, but at the same time, the animals begin with the letters from the top row of a QWERTY keyboard. Thus "T" is the next letter, and the only bird in the list that begins with a "T" is "Turkey".

Also, "Yak" would be next in the series after Turkey... extra points if you noticed!
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Comments

liltunalol Jul 27, 2005	Cute teaser! As soon as I read the hint I was like "Ooooh!"
irock3001 Jul 27, 2005	wait..........b isn't on the top row of a QWERTY keyboard.
kodhrawara Jul 27, 2005	I don't need extra points for identifying that YAK is next, because I managed to identify that TIGER is just as eligible as TURKEY. In fact I spent more time identifying the eligibility of one over the other.
smarty_blondy Jul 27, 2005	very nice and easy. keep up the good job
lisha_kc Jul 27, 2005	Very Clever!!! And tiger isn't eligable because It is NOT a bird!!!!! Learn to read!!!! I may not be any good at teasers but I can read that it alternates between bird and mammal!!!!!! And no "b" isnt on the top row...I'm sure that was just to throw you off...sry for being edgy...
S_DKarr Jul 27, 2005	Cute. But kind of dificult!
pianofox Jul 27, 2005	Cool, I like this teaser!
kittykatkate96 Jul 27, 2005	HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYY ostriches are birds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nickmanning214 Jul 28, 2005	if kate is a moron say I. I.
loveshellylove Jul 30, 2005	Loved it! I did'nt get the qwerty thing. The comments on it are even better!!!!
MAroxmysoxonice Jul 30, 2005	Nice one. it was cool to read a teaser where the hint actually helped. (please, no one take any offense. the hints on my teasers don't help either ) great job!
starzzz14 Aug 18, 2005	this ws so easy. finally my first easy teaser keep em' coming
brainster Oct 13, 2005	got it ! actually got it ! cool one ! but only after the hint !
EnderofGames Dec 09, 2005	Good one! This is the first one I got in a while. I like your sense of humour in the hint!
bradon182001 Aug 24, 2008	I got it but not the part abut beginning with a letter from the top row on keyboard. Nice teaser. thanks for posting
doehead Aug 24, 2008	I picked up on the keyboard immediatly which made very easy.
rabhingm Aug 24, 2008	Hi, It's a nice teaser, although there's a catch with the list of options. The most logical option - when disregarding the hint which tells us about the TYPE etc - is that the list gives us: a flightless bird a mammal a flightless bird a mammal with yet another flightless bird in the list of options (the ostrich) available, it's a bit arbitrary on which logic to bet Perhaps CuteNIS would consider changing ostrich to any kind of other bird that is able to fly?
brucemcdon Aug 24, 2008	Quails fly.
UptheHill Aug 24, 2008	NICE, feel like a turkey sammich right now!!
grayelf812 Aug 24, 2008	I went with the simple logic of trying to spell a word with the first letter of each animal. To spell "QUERY" I found that the yak would be next. This teaser is a good conversation starter at the very least. Good Job!!
abrain Aug 24, 2008	Very clever. I didn't get QWERTY so I just guessed turkey over ostrich and got lucky
auntiesis Aug 24, 2008	I thought it was quite easy, without the hint.
jonas Aug 24, 2008	Veeery good! I loved it!
martinb216 Aug 24, 2008	enjoyed this one - thank you !
zxyggrhyn Aug 24, 2008	It was between 'Turkey' and 'Tiger', I just guessed 'Turkey' and I feel good that I got it. Ok, so an emu is a bird... point taken.
NDYApeacock Aug 24, 2008	Good one! I got the mammal & bird part, but I didn't get the QWERTY part. I just guessed turkey (partly because it was the 1st bird on the list) and I got it right!
avonma Aug 24, 2008	Like peacock, I just guessed turkey, but I knew querty (I didn't even see tiger and didn't get the bird/mammal series. Fun teaser, though. Thanks!
dimez_00 Aug 24, 2008	i got the qwerty part and not the bird/mammal part. i didnt even notice tiger was an option until i read the comments so i got lucky
FatHead Aug 25, 2008	I was close! Good job!
rockstar1009 Aug 24, 2011	Took me about 5 seconds to notice QWERTY, but it still wasn't instant - I had to take about 60 seconds to notice the taxonomic class alternation . . . I was stumped between tiger & turkey at first. Well done. Anyone out there still on other keyboards (IE Dvorak)?
doehead Aug 24, 2011	AROB. What more can I say. A special to GiMi
wordmama Aug 24, 2011	Before the hint, I got the alternating birds and got it down to turkey and ostrich. The hint did not help me get to querty, so I chose the bird more flightless than the turkey! I don't mind that I missed it; it was a good teaser! (Actually, I hadn't considered the turkey barely gets off the ground; I just knew the ostrich and the emu were both flightless.)
kittygirl19 Aug 24, 2011	What are you thankful for?
auntiesis Aug 24, 2011	Too easy. Hi Gayle and doehead.
mjai10 Aug 24, 2011	there is another animal that has a t it was tiger