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17 Creatures
Find 17 creatures in this paragraph.
Kneel in the kayak grasping the boat, but don't wrench the bullion or scowl at the chart. Behind the taped and sealed planter is a benevolent collier. The foxglove is in the bath.
Kneel in the kayak grasping the boat, but don't wrench the bullion or scowl at the chart. Behind the taped and sealed planter is a benevolent collier. The foxglove is in the bath.
Hint
In fact, there are 20. Can you find them all?Answer
Eel, yak, asp, boa, wren, bull, cow, ape, seal, ant, vole, collie, fox, bat, ox, lion, owl (plus char, hart and hind for three bonus points, but these are more difficult. Char is a fish, related to trout and/or salmon and the hart is a kind of deer, while the hind is either a fish or a deer, depending on your usage.)Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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Excellent, I liked that one. I got 14 but missed Asp, Vole & Hart. I got Char surprisingly enough, ordered it for dinner at a little restaurant in Singapore last month. Otherwise I wouldn't have known.
got 14 i got char and hart but didnt count i didnt know those were animals
good but tough
interesting... very interesting...
Got 17, including hart & hind, but not ox & lion - still count?
Very fun. I got hard and hind but somehow missed bat; I was semi-convinced that "theb" was a strange name for something since I'd already come across it three times
er, hart and hind. Wups.
Loved this teaser. Got hart but completely missed ox. Did get 17
I can tell that a lot of thought went into the making of this teaser. I didn't get any of the bonus ones as I never heard of them and every time I went back over the sentences I would find another one. Really good teaser, I enjoyed working on this one. Thanks for posting.
Sorry,but this is childs play.
This was a hard brain teaser.
Got everything except char.
That was fun. I found them all to my surprise. Thanks for the great teaser.
Monday~
Monday~
got hart but not boa...LOL
I got 19 of them, pretty good. I missed char. Never heard of it.
This was an excellent teaser, shows a lot of thought and work. Thanks ever so...
Great teaser. Got them all
except Char.
Great one, only missed vole (never heard of it). Nice that you separated the other odd ones out and explained what they were.
I know I am going to get slammed for this, but here goes. Doehead has a point. This is not a"thinking" teaser. It is just one of can you find the animals? If you wonder if I did, yes, I did. It wasn't hard. I even know wome of the odder ones because I do crossword puzzles. But did I have to think to figure this out? No. So, if you want to challenge me to do a puzzle because I dare to criticize one, go ahead.
I got hart, but I missed ox, collie, and vole (what's that?) I loved this teaser! Good job!!
ok this is for doehead and bestgirl
this is an all ages site.
there are not going to be only hard teasers or only easy teasers it is a mixture for all ages.
this is an all ages site.
there are not going to be only hard teasers or only easy teasers it is a mixture for all ages.
Well I missed a few--cow, vole and bat, plus the three bonus ones.. Good one--
Very Nice Teaser. I had fun with
it. Got 13 of them Vole was 1.
So I guess I got 12. Anyway I like it. Thanks for all your hard work.
it. Got 13 of them Vole was 1.
So I guess I got 12. Anyway I like it. Thanks for all your hard work.
and owl
Doehead: It's fun to act like a child sometimes & have a little fun.
We all have a child ego state within & it wouldn't hurt at all for all of us to act silly & laugh once in a while
We all have a child ego state within & it wouldn't hurt at all for all of us to act silly & laugh once in a while
I got all but two. I found hart, vole, and hind, but misssed char (didn't know what it was) and asp.
Finally! I guessed 14 right!
My first success!
My first success!
I really liked this one. Decoding challenges the brain to see the same letters in a different way. It is an excellent way to stimulate brain activity. Do more
I'm sorry, but I have to disagree that this is not a "thinking" problem. Our brains read by looking at the first and last letters of a word and filling in the gaps. It is good brain exercise to slow down and actually look at all the letters in between. It's unfortunate for those of you that you don't find this type of puzzle fun, but that doesn't mean it isn't fun -- or even a bit of a challenge for others, and it certainly is no reflection on anyone's intellect. I'm just grateful that there are those out there willing to think up brain teasers for me to waste part of my day solving!
Great Teaser! Fun to do, but what the heck is a Vole?
Vole is a field mouse.
Well kiss my hind.
I loved this one! Thanks!
Got 13 Angry with myself for the obvious ones I missed!
Got 13 Angry with myself for the obvious ones I missed!
I got "fox" but missed "ox" - go figure!
Found: ox, eel, yak, cow, owl, wren, boa, rasp, asp, hart, lion, bull, hind, ape, seal, ant, collie, fox, char, bat, vole.
Looks like rasp is my fishy extra bonus one. I think it's a type of fish that lives by cleaning parasites off of other things. Nice life!
Looks like rasp is my fishy extra bonus one. I think it's a type of fish that lives by cleaning parasites off of other things. Nice life!
What abrain and mamaalemma said - this challenges us to see beyond our normal perceptions. Maybe not the hardest teaser in the world, but not the easiest either, at least not for everyone, and fun too. I got all but char, and I don't think there is a creature called a rasp - that's a carpentry tool, yes?
Apologies, mamalemma, for misspelling your name.
Very clever teaser! I got 16, but missed ox, lion, cow and char!
I got 17, but also found two that are not on your list."grasping the boat" has goat in it and "don't wrench" has doe in it.
Loved this teaser.
Loved this teaser.
No, Babe, the tacit restriction is that the names of the creatures appear in consecutive letters. One they left out, though, was "owl."
Quite easy, and time consuming, but still fun to solve. Not sure why the creator grouped char, hart and hind as bonuses citing they are "harder to find". I found all three on my first run through.
lukasiwicz: Owl is on the list, it appears after lion, just before the 3 "bonus" words.
lukasiwicz: Owl is on the list, it appears after lion, just before the 3 "bonus" words.
Kewell !!!!
And VERY humorous.
(the comments, that is)
The teaser was OK, too. Gave it tops for fun.
BB02
And VERY humorous.
(the comments, that is)
The teaser was OK, too. Gave it tops for fun.
BB02
Like an Easter egg hunt. Time consuming and easy.
Fun puzzle. Got about 2/3 of the answers. Love to see more of these!
Was fun, not too hard. I didn't get the main 17, but should have.
Easy fun
No references to "lion"?
Sorry. Missed them.
Great one!! I got 19. Completely overlooked ox.. 3 timessage over. 😎
This was fun to solve!
Missed cow. Duh! Good teaser.
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