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Animals that Start with B

Name these animals that start with the letter B.
This quiz is not based on scientific taxonomy!
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Last updated: February 18, 2018
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First submittedOctober 10, 2012
Times taken94,301
Average score65.0%
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Clue
Animal
Honey maker
Bee
Flying mammal
Bat
It could be grizzly or polar, e.g.
Bear
Close relative of the chimpanzee
Bonobo
Member of the Lynx genus
Bobcat
In America, they are called buffalo
Bison
Earlier in life it is a caterpillar
Butterfly
Hard-shelled animal
that attaches itself to ships
Barnacle
Popular sportfish with largemouth
and smallmouth varieties
Bass
Large old-world monkey
with sharp canines
Baboon
Male bovine
Bull
Clue
Animal
Burrowing mammal with a white stripe on
its head. The state animal of Wisconsin
Badger
Venomous spider with a red
hourglass on its back
Black Widow
National bird of the United States
Bald Eagle
Some varieties of this seabird have blue feet
Booby
New Guinea bird with spectacular markings
and elaborate mating displays
Bird-of-Paradise
Insect that feeds on sleeping humans
Bed Bug
Long, silvery fish with sharp teeth
Barracuda
Jellyfish which ocasionally kills
swimmers in Australia
Box Jellyfish
Wild pig
Boar
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Level 37
Nov 3, 2012
Is a bluebottle a jellyfish? Those things sting...
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Level 55
Nov 3, 2012
They are like jellyfish, but not quite. The sting from a box jellyfish, on the other hand, is said to be so painful, victims scream in pain even while unconscious.
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Level 66
Aug 4, 2018
The pain from the sting is bad, but that is not what kills you. The venom kills the victim by causing cardiovascular collapse if you are not treated quickly enough. In North Queensland you cannot swim in the ocean for 6 months of the year because of box jellyfish. Avoid choosing river estuaries as an alternative place to swim, too. You may end up as lunch for a salt water crocodile.
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Level 71
Feb 19, 2018
I believe the 'Bluebottle' is four different animals living together in harmony, also called Portuguese Man O'War.
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Level 69
Aug 6, 2018
Not necessarily specifically four, but yes - a colony. They're much less venomous than a PMOW, though. They're often considered a single animal, though, because they couldn't survive alone, due to separate organs, etc...
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Level 38
Nov 3, 2012
Bowerbird should also be accepted for New Guinea bird with spectacular markings and elaborate mating displays. Many have spectacular markings and have some of the most interesting mating displays of any bird.
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Level 58
Oct 31, 2013
Totally agree. That was what I put in first.
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Level ∞
Jan 12, 2015
Bowerbird will work now.
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Level 71
Feb 26, 2018
they are both found commonly in Australia too
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Level 46
Aug 9, 2018
No, bowerbirds don't have markings at all.
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Level 55
Aug 27, 2018
Please look at this:

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141119-the-barmy-courtship-of-bowerbirds

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Level 40
Nov 3, 2012
I'm surprised not that many people know blackbird. It was one of the first ones I got!
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Level 18
Nov 4, 2012
Bird should be accepted for a mammal that flies, as well as bat.
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Level 25
Nov 4, 2012
Er...birds arent mammals
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Level 92
Apr 5, 2013
But the clue "Flying mammal" does...
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Level 48
Jul 9, 2020
*sigh*
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Level 8
May 2, 2013
16/20! not bad for a fifth grader. I only missed Blackbird, Bonobo, Bird-of-Paradise, & for some stupid reason, Bass!
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Level 32
Dec 28, 2014
i'm a 3rd grader and i got all 20 with 1:30 left. BABOOSH!
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Level 72
Aug 3, 2018
Do 3rd graders use the word BABOOSH nowadays?
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Level 73
Apr 10, 2021
I feel like third graders would happily use any onomatopoeia
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Level 72
Mar 15, 2022
Is it onomatopoeia, or is it two thirds of a Russian grandma?
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Level 37
Jan 18, 2014
I am actually so mad at myself for missing "bat." You have no idea how much time I wasted trying to think of that one.
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Level 76
Aug 21, 2014
"Baboon" for close chimpanzee relative?
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Level 76
Aug 3, 2018
But they're not that closely related. Certainly nowhere NEAR as closely related as chimp and bonobos, anyway. Chimps and bonobos split off from each other, evolutionarily speaking, around 2.5 millions years ago, while chimps and baboons split off from each other around 28 million years ago. Heck, since humans and chimps only split off from each other around 6.5 million years ago, baboons are exactly as closely related to us as they are to chimps, and "baboon" probably wouldn't be your first choice for "close relative to humans," would it? [Source]
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Level 72
Mar 15, 2022
I think your timing may be a little off, the oldest known baboon fossil was discovered in 2015, and it was 2 million years old. Give or take a week or so.
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Level 28
Nov 23, 2014
Surely there could be a better clue than that for badger, especially for those of us who are not American
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Level 56
May 19, 2015
Oh, trust me, that clue doesn't give Americans an unfair advantage. State animals aren't really common knowledge to anyone living outside of the state in question. But I agree that there are tons of other clues for badgers. Like a mascot of the yellow house of a certain School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. But that would also be hard, most likely.
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Level ∞
Feb 18, 2018
Added some more info for those outside the U.S.
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Level 48
Jul 9, 2020
How about this clue: the honey variety don't care.
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Level 39
Nov 2, 2022
the issue there is that honey badgers are mustelids, not actual badgers
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Level 20
Jan 29, 2015
To trick people up, you should add Blob Fish.
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Level 79
May 18, 2015
NICE, I had Buffalo/Bison steaks last night. AWESOME
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Level 28
Nov 5, 2015
they forget the "magical" creature barbuda
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Level 12
Feb 3, 2017
I really liked this one in particular :)
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Level 57
Feb 16, 2017
I missed a letter and wrote "bad eagle"
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Level 44
Jan 13, 2018
the bobcat isn't just a close relative of "the" lynx, it is a species of lynx, it's Lynx rufus and therefore belongs, like the canadian lynx, eurasian lynx and iberian lynx to the genus lynx.
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Level ∞
Feb 18, 2018
Changed the clue
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Level 77
Feb 18, 2018
Heeheehee. Booby.
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Level 77
Feb 19, 2018
I've only seen the memes and didn't know the singular. "Boob" or "Boobies" wasn't accepted. Dunno why I didn't think of adding a y.
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Level 69
Feb 19, 2018
I'm sad about the demise of the "Blackbird" question. What happened?
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Level 71
Feb 19, 2018
Bye Bye Blackbird ........... Mort Dixon.
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Level 75
Aug 3, 2018
LOL.
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Level 60
Feb 24, 2018
Actually, bison and buffalo are different. And the words are interchangeable only if you are grossly misinformed. And, yes, I am American.
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Level 70
Jun 19, 2018
We all know that Bison aren't technically "Buffalo." They were called Buffalo by early settlers/explorers who thought they resembled actual Buffalo and the name stuck. For the next few hundred years, the species of human who starts sentences with "Actually" or "Technically" hadn't evolved yet, so this incorrect alternate for Bison had become part of the American vernacular. This has nothing to do with being "grossly misinformed." The National Park Service will use Bison/Buffalo interchangeably, you wouldn't call them grossly misinformed, would you? Besides, "Bison Bill" would have just sounded silly.
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Level 72
Mar 15, 2022
If you ever find yourself in a situation where you have either a buffalo or a bison charging at you and looking a bit ticked off, I’d wager that you’re immediate thought will be along the lines of “damn, get out of the way of the the crazy, giant cow!”
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Level 60
Feb 7, 2023
If one was charging at me I’d be trying to get out of the way, not telling it to get out of my way lol
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Level 59
Dec 18, 2022
Kansas native here!! Our state animal is the American Bison/American Buffalo. They are the same thing, pretty much. The words are interchangeable. With all due respect, as someone who has lived in Kansas their entire life, I think I know what I’m talking about.
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Level 66
Feb 27, 2018
Always thought bird of paradise was a general description, not the actual name of a specific bird.
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Level 66
Aug 3, 2018
I wonder if jellyfish are sad that there are no peanutbutterfish.
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Level 66
Aug 3, 2018
I always think of the Magic card, and then forget it's a real animal.
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Level 7
Mar 20, 2018
i am bad
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Level 23
Jun 28, 2018
what about beaver? BTW this quiz is awesome
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Level 38
Aug 3, 2018
I agree with MajorPlank's suggestion of beaver. For an obscure one maybe Bilby? They must be cute enough to make the list?
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Level 66
Aug 3, 2018
Took me awhile to think of baboon. Their canines are not the physical feature I think most people notice about them...
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Level 58
Aug 13, 2018
You don't accept boobie, boobey, bubi,bubey, or bubie?
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Level 32
Sep 15, 2018
Wouldn't "birds of paradise" also work?
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Level 66
Jan 10, 2019
Disappointed but not surprised that "bad" was not accepted for the murderous jellyfish.
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Level 40
Jul 20, 2019
Occasionally? It is spelled occasionally. I’m actually very surprised no one caught that!
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Level 59
Oct 3, 2019
A wild pig is just called a wild pig or feral pig/hog. Although it sounds cool, the term "boar" just refers to the sex of the animal as being a male.
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Level 43
Oct 6, 2019
Hehheh... booby.
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Level 27
Jun 13, 2020
where is beaver?
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Level 52
Jun 23, 2020
Good point, I hadn't thought of that.
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Level 48
Jul 9, 2020
Wynona took it.
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Level 65
Jul 9, 2020
The spider clue had me flummoxed for a bit, as we call venomous red backed spiders a different name in Australia.
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Level 35
May 21, 2021
Yeah pretty confusing.
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Level 52
Sep 6, 2021
Yes, could you accept red back please.
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Level 72
Mar 15, 2022
Bastards?
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Level 67
Aug 24, 2020
Bed bug didn't even cross my mind but that clue scared me damn
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Level 44
Mar 27, 2021
I got everything in 1 sec lol
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Level 77
Apr 21, 2021
Jellyfish THAT OCCASIONALLY kills swimmers in Australia. The clue misspells occasionally and also uses "which" where "that" should be used.

Fun quiz. :)

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Level 72
Mar 15, 2022
Which depends on that country you’re from.

The distinction between ‘that’ and ‘which’ is a rule of formal American English and is not strictly observed in British English or in informal English of any type. The meaning is clear enough. As for the minor spelling error: making these quizzes is laborious enough, perhaps people shouldn’t bother if the people visiting the site are going to show their gratitude for the effort by whingeing about tiny infractions, THAT make no difference whatsoever?

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Level 77
Sep 26, 2022
When I make a quiz I appreciate errors being pointed out or corrections and get to it when I can.

As far as which/that… yes, I’ve seen that British news seems to use that and which willy nilly, but why? Is it really logical to just use the words interchangeably when their proper use can very much change the meaning? The box jellyfish, which kills swimmers, is deadly. This says that as a group, box jellyfish kill humans. The box jellyfish that kills swimmers is deadly. This is exclusive and implies that a singular box jellyfish is a serial human killer. Why would we choose ambiguity in our language? American usage easily wins in this case.

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Level 34
Jan 12, 2022
beaver would be good for this list "National Animal of Canada"
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Level 67
Jul 25, 2022
I thought that Birds-of-Paradise were mythical creatures!
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Level 44
Mar 11, 2023
Great quiz, you could add buffalo, beaver and bottle nose dolphin! :)