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Animals that Start with H

Based on the clues, name these animals that start with the letter H.
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First submittedOctober 10, 2012
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Clue
Animal
Equid
Horse
Homo sapiens
Human
"Laughing" African animal
Hyena
Large wasp
Hornet
Rodent popular as a pet
Hamster
Another name for pig
Hog
Female chicken
Hen
Huge and fierce mammal found
in African rivers
Hippopotamus
Many-headed water beast
of Greek mythology
Hydra
Adult male red deer
Hart
Common bird of prey
Hawk
Crab that lives inside snail shells
Hermit Crab
Large baleen whale
Humpback Whale
Dog breed used for sled racing
Husky
Spiny mammal sometimes kept as a pet
Hedgehog
Small oily fish that is sometimes pickled
Herring
Larger relative of rabbits
Hare
Hovering nectar-eating avian
Hummingbird
Shark with a uniquely shaped head
Hammerhead Shark
Traditional "fish and chips" fish,
(along with cod)
Haddock
kalbahamut
+6
Level 82
Mar 10, 2013
Got everything except for stag with 2:30 left. Never heard of a "Hart" before, but now that Magic card hartbeest makes more sense.
Nyneve922
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Level 41
Mar 27, 2015
That's one of those words I only know from NYT crossword puzzles. There are a lot of such words.
ander217
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Level 75
Oct 26, 2018
It is an older term used most commonly across the pond for male red deer. Females are called hinds. (Spending my time reading all those British historical novels pays off finally.)
Sifhraven
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Level 67
Jun 23, 2019
A deer is (still) called hert in dutch.
JackintheBox
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Level 79
Dec 13, 2020
In German it's Hirsch (which could mean deer, red deer, stag, hart or venison).
Scaro88
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Level 78
May 1, 2021
heartless (hart-less) hind (female deer) from Shakespeare helped with that one
KatM
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Level 23
Mar 11, 2013
The only dog that popped in my head as I read "racing" was a greyhound lol...
jgriffith
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Level 46
Mar 19, 2014
For "Stag" Can you please accept "Harry Potter's Patronus"?

Thanks!

cariad
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Level 42
May 26, 2015
Lol.
emwcee
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Level 45
Jun 11, 2014
Great quiz! Thank you for including the husky. I love sled dog racing.
Rouqanzhul
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Level 72
Feb 13, 2015
I didn't know people had hedgehogs as a pet 0_o

And I loved the clue for the hippo

Nyneve922
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Level 41
Mar 27, 2015
It's true, you know. The hippo is considered the most dangerous animal in Africa, and more people are killed by hippos each year than by any other animal.
Arp2600
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Level 86
Apr 27, 2015
No, snakes, bees and dogs are much deadlier (and humans of course ;) ), not talking of mosquitos that do not kill directly. Still, Hippos are very strong and nasty beasts, that will attack (an most likely kill) any trespasser. They cause about 500 deaths each year.
MagentaDog790
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Level 38
May 11, 2015
dont even have hedgehogs in AUS. we have our native ECHIDNA
Jackey52
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Level 62
Sep 21, 2015
Ah yes, one of the few monotremes. Gotta love aussie wildlife.
tailsfan11
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Level 48
Jan 30, 2017
Whether it's Sonic the Hedgehog or Knuckles the Echidna... *sth*
MagentaDog790
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Level 38
May 11, 2015
i have barramundi with my fish. please get rid of it.
Hollygomerryround
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Level 37
Nov 2, 2015
Yeah I didn't get horse lol
Almariel
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Level 59
May 27, 2016
I didn't get hamster. My first pet was a hamster. *facepalm*
PearlJoyster
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Level 22
Jun 18, 2016
I love hedgehogs! Their faces are so cute that you want to hug them, but you can't. :'(
litbug
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Level 24
Nov 21, 2017
You CAN hug them!! Some of them are super soft (despite their prickly looks) :) One of the ones I work with is super soft and adorable. He ADORES hugs
busby
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Level 60
Nov 3, 2016
I've been eating fish and chips on the south coast of England since 1970, the choice has always been cod or plaice. Haddock, available some places is really expensive.
JoeyTheSeal
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Level 12
Feb 5, 2017
Lol hummingbird was hardest 4 me... :/
litbug
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Level 24
Nov 21, 2017
Somehow blanked on hamster for a while... Got all the others! Really fun quiz!
twilightmoonx
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Level 21
Apr 2, 2018
Got them all, I want to be a zoologist :)
jm
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Level 84
Oct 26, 2018
All of these are real, except the hydra. But there really is an animal called a hydra - it's small, aquatic, and related to the jellyfish. I think the clue should be changed to reflect the animal, not the mythological creature - "Many-headed water beast

of Greek mythology." "Small aquatic invertebrate named after a mythological Greek water beast." Nitpicky, I know, but more accurate.

Sifhraven
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Level 67
Jun 23, 2019
Not more accurate, (there was nothing incorrect in the original clue) but more consistent perhaps.
Kabouterbert
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Level 63
Dec 30, 2022
It is more accurate to the title so it is more accurate besides the new clue that he suggests is really accurate for the animal
blizzrd33
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Level 79
Oct 26, 2018
Hake is commonly used in fish and chips here in Australia. Haddock is not. Can you please accept Hake also?
kellyn
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Level 60
Oct 26, 2018
I've also had lots of Halibut fish and chips. Still got haddock eventually.
CordobaCapital
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Level 65
Oct 27, 2018
I tried halibut as well. It's commonly used for fish and chips here in the Pacific Northwest.
EcceHomo
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Level 79
Aug 17, 2020
All I said was "that piece of halibut was good enough for Jehovah".
loganite
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Level 88
Oct 26, 2018
My first thought was halibut, which is also commonly used for fish and chips.
JohnK
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Level 69
Jul 22, 2021
Yep. Haddock is a northern hemisphere thing. As you say, hake is pretty common as a fish-and-chips fish in Australia, as is hoki. I got haddock, but I'm pretty sure I've never been anywhere that sold it as fish and chips myself, in Australia or elsewhere.
sac313
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Level 78
Oct 26, 2018
How about adding Heron to the list
oddizzy
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Level 49
Oct 26, 2018
Who the hell is keeping hedgehogs as pets? They are wild animals! That clue threw me right off.
Sifhraven
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Level 67
Jun 23, 2019
so are cats, dogs, birds and soo forth. All animals come from this place called nature.

btw I wouldnt exactly call them wild, loud yes !!! extremely. The first time I heard it I did not know what was going on haha.

ZOne ( or more?) lives in my garden, and he likes to wander in after about 10 pm, makes his little round, sometimes takes a nap under my couch ( snorring loudly once) and takes of again. It is like a walking coffee machine haha (not a senseo...) prut prutl prutrr

NQChien
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Level 66
Oct 26, 2018
Spiny mammal ... -> Hedgehog. Did you mean "spiky mammal"?
ChipOtley
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Level 74
Oct 26, 2018
The spikes can be called spines too (e.g. spiny anteater)
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Jun 23, 2019
I would ve gotten it then. I thought well.. most animals have spines... (well vertebrates..)
texdave
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Level 56
Oct 26, 2018
I haddock but it's all gone now.
Stormswift
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Level 35
Nov 7, 2018
For traditional fish used in Fish'n'chips may I ask you to add what region that question is pertaining to or add 'Hoki' to the list of answers. As in the South Pacific, Hoki is what is used for fish'n'chips - we don't have Haddock here.
MrBlister
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Level 66
Dec 3, 2018
Could the quiz please accept the spelling 'hyaena'?
Tecolote
+1
Level 37
Jan 4, 2019
Dunno why but I couldn't remember "hog" to save my life!!! So annoying, I got everything but that! LOL
overtired
+3
Level 84
May 6, 2019
My first thought was ham...
Sifhraven
+1
Level 67
Jun 23, 2019
you got hedge-hog though?
KrazyKookieKing
+2
Level 45
Jan 18, 2019
for the honey one, I tried honey badger.
McKenzieFam
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Level 63
May 11, 2020
Here in New Zealand, a common 'fish-and-chips fish' is Hoki.
FatSpartanJediLlama
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Level 67
Aug 10, 2021
Missed hart and herring
JobyBabby
+1
Level 66
Feb 26, 2022
for some reason i thought "spiny" meant something about its spine....
Koopa
+1
Level 77
Apr 26, 2022
Why the mythological one? You could have just added one more real "H" animal--or specified the hydra as the actual organism.
CamelSupplier
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Level 23
Mar 27, 2023
you should add heron as an answer
Texio
+1
Level 76
Jan 11, 2024
Almost missed the "Adult male red deer." It was a total eclipse of the hart.
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