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Animals that Start with F

Based on the clues, name these animals that start with the letter F.
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Last updated: September 10, 2018
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First submittedOctober 10, 2012
Times taken90,175
Average score71.4%
Rating4.14
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Clue
Animal
Says "ribbit"
Frog
Baby deer
Fawn
Animal that people swat
Fly
Spreader of the bubonic plague
Flea
They travel in schools
Fish
Lightning bug
Firefly
Pink wading bird
Flamingo
Clue
Animal
Rodent that glides between trees
Flying Squirrel
Weasel relative sometimes kept as a pet
Ferret
Song bird that comes in "bull" and "gold" varieties
Finch
Animal once hunted by British aristocrats
Fox
Flatfish with two eyes on the same side
Flounder
Bird of prey that can dive at 200 mph
Falcon
Another name for a megabat
Flying Fox
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Level 29
Feb 3, 2013
So Flounder in The Little Mermaid wasn't a flounder?
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Level 77
May 13, 2013
Right...Always annoyed me
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Level 66
Apr 13, 2019
No, but "Flats" in Spongebob was!
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Level 24
Feb 6, 2013
SO EFFIN EASY!
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Level 16
Jul 30, 2013
took me til 0:16 to finish because i kept trying to think of a "hopping house pet" not realizing it said PEST
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Level 51
Aug 23, 2016
me too. kept thinking there's no house pets that start with f
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Level 65
Dec 7, 2018
I guess they changed that clue, cause it wasnt in there for me. Guess the clue now is the transferer of bubonic plague.

Couldnt think of anythign but rats for a while, and being f-themed, fly... (but that allready was another answer) got it in the end though. Hopping pest would ve been mucch easier though

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Level 14
Oct 31, 2013
Frilled necked lizard?
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Level 77
Jan 20, 2015
Thanks for accepting also Fruit for the bat.
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Level 55
Aug 10, 2015
Never heard the term megabat.
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Level 63
Aug 14, 2015
Nor have I. I've also never heard of anything called a Flying Fox.
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Level 72
Apr 12, 2016
I've never heard of a megabat. To me it's always been a flying fox for a fruit bat. When I lived in Australia you could see them flying around at night sometimes. Beautiful animals
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Level 22
Oct 9, 2015
Lightning bug? ....

That's a really weird description

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Level 75
Jan 8, 2016
It's a regional thing. That's what they are called in my area of the US mid-south. I was in school before I ever heard the word firefly. http://mentalfloss.com/article/66185/regional-breakdown-firefly-vs-lightning-bug (At least QM didn't use peenie wallie.)
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Level 35
Jun 17, 2018
...certainly wouldn't have called a firefly a lightning bug myself...
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Level 74
Sep 28, 2018
The English language is more diverse than you realized! Who knew!
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Level 65
Jan 10, 2019
Less weird than firefly.
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Level 35
Jun 23, 2019
Pretty sure 'lightning bug' was used in the movie - Sweet Home Alabama, might be wrong, but I've heard it a few times in movies. Quite like it. In NZ we don't have those, would love to see them.
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Level 39
Aug 6, 2020
Yeah, it would be cool!
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Level 36
Aug 6, 2023
Agreed!
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Level 19
Nov 7, 2016
1 second left. Thew!
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Level 78
Jan 4, 2017
I expected to see lemmings. ;(
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Level 65
Dec 7, 2018
but that doesnt start with an f...?!
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Level 35
Jun 23, 2019
Falling leemings maybe?
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Level 51
Apr 19, 2017
Please accept "fezent" or "feasent" for animal hunted by British aristocrat.
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Level 27
Sep 28, 2018
But it's spelt Pheasant??
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Level 62
Jul 16, 2020
It's actually spelt 'Peasant'
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Level 25
Feb 22, 2019
It's spelled "pheasant" you uncultured, inarticulate bumble.
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Level 35
Jun 23, 2019
surely, he's jesting?
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Level 64
Jun 7, 2022
Unfezant did you dirty...
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Level 30
Dec 19, 2017
Falcon Pawwwwnch!
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Level 69
Feb 2, 2018
Flying foxes are but one genus of the megabat (which is a suborder and unlikely to be commonly used (hence it being the lowest scoring clue)). This clue needs updating/clarification - something like 'Bat of the Indian and South Western Pacific oceans.
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Level 65
Dec 7, 2018
or just a species of bat, that are quite big

who would know where they live... (unless you live near yourself..)

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Level 43
Feb 2, 2018
I thought "they travel in schools" was related to nits/head lice in some way..... like a bug kids pass on at school, didn't catch on it meant fish! Nice quiz :-)
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Level 66
Feb 4, 2018
Never heard of a flying squirrel. Down here we have Sugar Gliders, which I think are a marsupial, not a rodent.
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Level 43
Mar 29, 2022
Flying squirrels are basically the same thing but rodents, flying lemurs are also similar but are either primates or almost primates.
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Level 75
Sep 28, 2018
At first I read the clue as "rodent that glides between tires". All I could think of was fast squirrel. I wasn't far off.
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Level 65
Dec 7, 2018
could think of several dutch flatfish (well the names, not their nationalty haha) but only halibot came to mind as an english name (still not bad I think...)

I have heard the word flounder before, but would ve never came up with it.

All the rest I got :)

Ps surprised at how high fawn scored

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Level 45
Feb 1, 2019
I missed finch.
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Level 88
Apr 30, 2019
This quiz is fly.
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Level 76
Feb 14, 2020
"Animal once hunted by British aristocrats" - they still do to be honest.
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Level 52
Jun 24, 2020
I would say that the description of fox is very poor. Maybe because I'm not British . . .
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Level 62
Jul 16, 2020
I kept trying Faun, unsure why it wasn't working. Too much greek mythology serves poorly this time
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Level 43
Jul 26, 2020
I knew the flying fox and the flounder, but missed three others
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Level 36
Feb 18, 2021
What the heck is a Flying Squirrel? The only flying mammals I know are bats, flying foxes, and sugar gliders.
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Level 71
Apr 15, 2021
they don't actually fly. They can glide though
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Level 60
Aug 28, 2021
How about a Fennec (fox), Fossa or French bulldog to pump up the number of questions? They are not that obscure and should get reasonable percentage of correct answers. Maybe even Fire salamander or Frigatebird, but their numbers can be a bit worse.
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Level 27
May 8, 2022
12/14 missed fox and ferret
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Level 37
Jan 7, 2023
Finished in 2:48! These are hard but love them
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Level 67
Jun 2, 2023
I just saw fireflies today for the first time this season. Too bad they're only around for a few weeks each year
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Level 67
Sep 3, 2023
Just missed Flying Fox