Small Animal Riddles, Can You Guess It Right? Part74

Friday, May 9, 2025

Welcome to Part 74 of our small animal riddles series! Today's riddle features a magnificent and enormous creature of the sea. Can you guess what it is from the clues below?

  1. Giant of the sea,
    海中巨无霸,
    hǎi zhōng jù wú bà,
  2. 
bigger than mountains,
    体型赛山峦,
    tǐ xíng sài shān luán,
  3. 
spouts water high and far,
    喷水高又远,
    pēn shuǐ gāo yòu yuǎn,
  4. 
its song travels for miles.
    歌声传百里。
    gē shēng chuán bǎi lǐ。

Let's dive into the riddle!

  • 海中巨无霸,体型赛山峦,
    hǎi zhōng jù wú bà,tǐ xíng sài shān luán,
    The first two lines, "海中巨无霸,体型赛山峦," describe a giant of the sea with a body as large as mountains. This suggests an enormous marine animal.
  • 喷水高又远,歌声传百里。
    pēn shuǐ gāo yòu yuǎn,gē shēng chuán bǎi lǐ。
    The next two lines, "喷水高又远,歌声传百里," tell us that this creature spouts water high and far and its song can travel for miles. This clearly points to a whale.

So, the answer to the riddle is a whale-鲸鱼(jīng yú)!

  1. I love watching whales swim gracefully in the ocean.

    我喜欢看鲸鱼在海洋中优雅地游泳。
    
Wǒ xǐ huān kàn jīng yú zài hǎi yáng zhōng yōu yǎ de yóu yǒng。
  2. Whales are big.

    鲸鱼很大。

    Jīng yú hěn dà。
  3. Whales live in the ocean.

    鲸鱼生活在海洋中。

    Jīng yú shēng huó zài hǎi yáng zhōng。

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