Small Animal Riddles, Can You Guess It Right? Part73

Monday, May 12, 2025

Welcome to Part 73 of our small animal riddles series! Today's riddle features a fascinating marine creature known for its intelligence and unique defense mechanisms. Can you guess what it is from the clues below?

  1. Eight long tentacles,

    八只触手长,
    bā zhī chù shǒu zhǎng,
  2. busy living at the bottom of the sea,

    海底生活忙,
    hǎi dǐ shēng huó máng,
  3. good at spraying ink,

    善于喷墨水,
    shàn yú pēn mò shuǐ,
  4. strong self-protection skills.
    自我保护强。
    zì wǒ bǎo hù qiáng。

Let's dive into the riddle!

  • 八只触手长,海底生活忙,
    bā zhī chù shǒu zhǎng,hǎi dǐ shēng huó máng,
    The first two lines, "八只触手长,海底生活忙," describe a creature with eight long tentacles that is busy living at the bottom of the sea. This suggests a marine animal with distinctive limbs.
  • 善于喷墨水,自我保护强。
    shàn yú pēn mò shuǐ,zì wǒ bǎo hù qiáng。
    The next two lines, "善于喷墨水,自我保护强," tell us that this creature is good at spraying ink and has strong self-protection skills. This clearly points to an octopus.

So, the answer to the riddle is an octopus-章鱼(zhāng yú)!

  1. I find octopuses very interesting.

    我觉得章鱼很有趣。
    
Wǒ jué de zhāng yú hěn yǒu qù。
  2. Octopuses can change color to blend with their surroundings.

    章鱼可以变色来与环境融合。

    Zhāng yú kě yǐ biàn sè lái yǔ huán jìng róng hé。
  3. Octopuses are very intelligent and can solve complex problems.
    章鱼非常聪明,可以解决复杂的问题。
    Zhāng yú fēi cháng cōng míng, kě yǐ jiě jué fù zá de wèn tí。

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