180 Hilarious Animal Jokes For Kids To Laugh Out Loud

Animal Jokes For Kids

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Kids make everything in the house lively. They love dreaming and making every family member happy with their innocent acts. A cute smile from them can work magic and eliminate stress. To make these little beings burst into laughter, share these animal jokes for kids with them. These animal jokes will make them laugh and liven up the environment. Children love hearing fantasy stories. These jokes and gags on birds, fish, or mammals will take them to a magical world of laughter they will enjoy. They will love sitting close to you, and the atmosphere will be filled with chuckles and giggles. Animal jokes for kids are entertaining and can increase their knowledge about different animals. Also, with lots of laughter comes good health and a glowing face. So read on.

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180 Funny Animal Jokes For Kids

1. Why did the witch’s team lose the baseball match?

Because all of their bats flew away

2. Can a kangaroo leap higher than the Empire State Building?
Oh yes! The Empire State Building is a structural masterpiece, and it can’t jump at all.

3. Why don’t leopards play hide and seek?
Because they are always spotted

4. What do you use to count cows?
A cowculator

5. What do you call a pig that does karate?
A pork chop

6. How long do chickens work?
Around the cluck

7. Why did the fish blush?
Because it saw the ocean’s bottom

8. What’s the interesting difference between a guitar and a fish?
You can auto-tune a guitar, but you can’t auto-tuna fish.

9. Two crazy bats hanging upside down on a branch.
Bat 1: “Do you recall your worst day of last year?”
Bat 2: “Yes, the day I had diarrhea.”

10. What kind of sandals do frogs wear?
Open-toad!

11. Teacher: “Name a bird that has wings but can’t fly.”
Student: “A dead bird, ma’am.”

protip_icon Did you know?
There are more than 50 species of birds that cannot fly. Kiwis, emu, ostrich, and penguins are a few flightless birds.

12. Why do the French people eat snails?
They dislike fast food.

13. What does a kitty eat for breakfast?
Mice Krispies

14. What do you get when you cross a fish and an elephant?
Swimming trunks

15. Teacher: “I asked you to draw a cow and grass, but I only see a cow. Where is the grass?”
Student: “The cow ate the grass, sir.”

Student: “The cow ate the grass, sir.

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16. Why don’t oysters donate to charity?
Because they are shellfish

17. What do you call a rabbit with fleas?
Bugs bunny

18. Why does a barn sound so noisy?
Because all the cows have horns

19. What kind of key opens a banana?
A monkey

20. What do you call an alligator wearing a vest?
An investigator

21. What has more lives than a cat?
A frog. It croaks every night.

22. What’s a shark’s favorite sandwich?
Peanut butter and jellyfish!

23. What do you call a bear with no teeth?
A gummy bear

24. Why do centipedes have 100 legs?
So they can walk

25. Which animal should you never play cards with?
A cheetah

26. Why did the duck cross the road?
Because it was the chicken’s day off

27. Why did the dinosaur cross the road?
Because chickens didn’t exist yet

28. What did the spider do on the computer?
Create a website!

29. Why did the pig leave the costume party?
Because everyone thought he was a boar.

30. What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary?
A thesaurus

31. Why do seagulls fly over the sea?
Because if they flew over the bay, they’d be bagels

32. What do you call a deep-sea Transformer?
Octopus Prime!

33. What do you call a famous fish?
A starfish

34. What do you get from a pampered cow?
Spoilt milk

35. Where do mice park their boats?
At the hickory dickory dock

36. There were ten cats in a boat, and one jumped out. How many were left?
None, they were all copycats!

37. How did Noah see the animals in the Ark at night?
With a floodlight

38. What happened when 500 hares got loose on Main Street?
The police had to comb the area.

39. What sound do porcupines make when they kiss?
Ouch!

40. How does a lion greet the other animals in the field?
Pleased to eat you

protip_icon Trivia
Lions greet each other by rubbing their heads together, licking, and snuggling.

41. What do you give a dog with a fever?
Mustard — it’s the best match for a hot dog!

42. How do spiders communicate?
Through the World Wide Web.

43. Why do cows have hooves instead of feet?
Because they lactose

44. A man walks into a zoo, and the only animal there was a dog.
It was a shitzu

45. What do you call shaving a crazy sheep?
Shear madness

46. What do you call two octopuses that look the same?
Itenticle

47. Where did the cat go when it lost its tail?
To the retail store!

48. Where do you find a dog with no legs?
Where you left it

49. Why is a bee’s hair always sticky?
Because it uses a honeycomb!

50. Why are fish so good at watching their weight?
Because they have lots of scales.

51. What’s a giraffe’s favorite fruit?
Necktarine!

52. Who makes clothes for dinosaurs?
A dino-sewer.

Dino wearing dino-sewer's clothes

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53. What do you call a dinosaur that never gives up?
A try and try and try-ceratops!

54. What pine has the longest needles?
A porcupine

55. Why does a giraffe have such a long neck?
Because its feet stink!

56. Why don’t bears wear shoes?
What’s the use? They’d still have bear feet!

57. What do fish take to stay healthy?
Vitamin sea

58. How do you keep a skunk from smelling?
Plug its nose

59. What did the Cinderella fish wear to the ball?
Glass flippers

60. What do you get when you cross a roll of wool and a kangaroo?
A woolen jumper!

61. Why are giraffes so slow to apologize?
It takes them a long time to swallow their pride.

62. What is black and white and red all over?
A skunk with a diaper rash

63. What did the grape do when the elephant stepped on it?
It gave out a little wine.

64. What was the first animal in space?
The cow that jumped over the moon

65. What do you call an exploding monkey?
A baboom

66. What do you call a cow in a tornado?
A milkshake

67. Which day do fish hate?
Fryday

68. Lion: “You are late. We said we would meet at sunset.”
Giraffe: “I can still see the sun, you midget.”

69. What goes tick-tock, bow-wow, tick-tock, bow-wow?
A watchdog

70. What do you call a thieving alligator?
A crookodile

71. Where did the sheep go on vacation?
The baaaahamas

72. What do you do if your dog chews a dictionary?
Take the words out of its mouth!

73. What do you call a penguin in the desert?
Lost

74. How does a penguin build a Lego house?
Igloos it together

75. What did the duck say when it bought lipstick?
“Put it on my bill.”

76. What happens to a frog’s car when it breaks down?
It gets toad away.

77. Why are cats bad storytellers?
Because they only have one tale.

78. What do you call a deer with no eyes?
No-eye-deer

79. For sale: Dead Canary.
Not going cheep

80. What’s the cheapest kind of meat you can buy?
Deer balls. They’re under a buck.

81. What game do baby parrots play?
Beekaboo

82. What do you call a cow that plays an instrument?
A moosician

83. Why did the lion always lose at poker?
It was playing with a coalition of cheetahs.

84. Why can’t dinosaurs clap?
Because they’re dead

85. Why do cows wear bells?
Because their horns don’t work

86. What’s the technical error named after a male ladybird?
Bug

87. What would you do if your cat swallows your pencil?
Use a pen

88. What does a dolphin say when it’s confused?
“Can you please be more Pacific?”

89. What do rich squirrels eat?
Cashews

Rich squirrel eating cashews

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90. What is the snake’s favorite subject?
Hiss-story

91. Where do you put barking dogs?
In a barking lot

92. What is as big as an elephant but weighs nothing?
Its shadow!

93. How do you catch a squirrel?
Climb up a tree and act like a nut!

94. Why did the turtle cross the road?
To get to the shell station

95. What time is it when five dogs chase one cat?
Five after one

96. What did the banana do when the monkey chased it?
It split!

97. What do you call a mad elephant?
An earthquake

98. What kind of dog always runs a fever?
A hot dog!

99. What kind of mouse does not eat, drink, or even walk?
A computer mouse

100. What do you call a snake with no clothes on?
Snaked

101. Why do fish live in saltwater?
Because pepper makes them sneeze!

102. What do you call a sleeping bull?
A bull-dozer

103. How do you fit more pigs on your farm?
Build a sty-scraper

104. What did the farmer call the cow that had no milk?
An udder failure

105. Why are teddy bears never hungry?
They are always stuffed.

106. How does a dog stop a video?
It presses the paws button.

107. Why do cows go to New York?
To see the moosicals

108. What do you call lending money to a bison?
A buff-a-loan

109. What is black, white, and red all over?
A sunburnt penguin

110. Why does a dog wag its tail?
Because there’s no one else to wag it for the dog

111. What is a cat’s favorite movie?
The sound of Mew-sic

112. Why did the lamb cross the road?
To get to the baaaaarber shop

113. How does a mouse look like after a shower?
Squeaky clean

114. Where do squirrels go on vacation?
Beach trees

115. What do you call a pig that’s been arrested for bad driving?
A road hog

116. What do you call a wolf that uses bad words?
A swearwolf

117. What happened when the wolf swallowed a clock?
It got ticks.

118. What does a duck with hiccups lay?
Scrambled eggs

119. Why do all ducks fly south for the winter?
Because it’s too far to walk

120. What did the duck say to the waiter when the check came?
“Put it on my bill, please.”

121. What do you call a fight between squirrels?
A Squarell

122. What do you call a cow that eats your grass?
A lawn moo-er

123. What do you get if you cross a duck with a cement mixer?
A bricklayer

124. What is green and hangs on trees?
Giraffe boogers

125. What do ducks put in their soup?
Quackers

126. What happens when you cross a wolf with a sheep?
You have to get a new sheep.

127. What was the wolf in the butcher’s shop arrested for?
Chop-lifting

128. Why did the duck cross the construction site?
To see a person lay a brick.

129. Which side of a duck has more feathers?
The outside

130. What does a frog eat with its hamburger?
French Flies

131. Why did the hot dog wear a sweater?
Because it was a chili dog

132. Why didn’t the ant eat sugar in the kitchen?
It was a diabetic patient.

133. What do you call a sarcastic duck?
A wise quacker

134. What do you get when you put three ducks in a box?
A box of quackers

135. What is a dog’s favorite city?
New Yorkie

New Yorkie is dog's favorite city

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136. What dog keeps the best time?
A watchdog

137. What do you call a wolf that gets lost?
A where-wolf

138. Why did the duck cross the playground?
To get to the other slide.

139. Where do tough ducks come from?
Hard-boiled eggs

140. What do you call a great dog detective?
Sherlock Bones

141. Where do polar bears vote?
The North Poll

protip_icon Quick tip
Craft your own jokes to make your little animal lover learn more about the animal world. Include exciting facts about animals to keep your children interested.

142. What did the judge say when the skunk walked into the courtroom?
Odor in the court

143. Why did the snake cross the road?
To get to the other ssssssside!

144. Why are fish so smart?
Because they live in schools

145. What do you call a cow that won’t give milk?
A milk dud

146. What fish swims only at night?
A starfish

147. What did the snail say as it rode along on the turtle’s back?
“Wheeee!”

148. What do you get when a chicken lays an egg on top of a barn?
An eggroll

149. Why didn’t the chicken cross the road?
Because there was a KFC on the other side

150. Why did the chicken cross the road?
To show everyone it doesn’t chicken out.

151. Why did the lion spit out the clown?
Because he tasted funny

152. Why do hummingbirds hum?
Because they can’t remember the words

153. What animals are on legal documents?
Seals

154. What do you get when you cross a snake and a pie?
A pie-thon

155. What did the buffalo say to his son when he went away on a trip?
“Bison”

156. A horse walks into a bar.
The bartender says, “Hey.”
The horse says, “You read my mind, buddy.”

157. How do bees get to school?
By school buzz

158. What do you call a girl with a frog on her head?
Lilly

159. Why do gorillas have big nostrils?
Because they have big fingers!

160. What do you call a lazy baby kangaroo?
Pouch potato!

161. Why did the dog cross the road?
To get to the “barking” lot!

162. How do you catch a fish without a fishing rod?
With your BEAR hands

163. Why did the pig have ink all over its face?
Because it came out of the pen

164. What kind of dog does Dracula have?
A bloodhound!

165. What do you call it when Alpacas sing?
Alpacapella

166. What is a bear’s favorite drink?
Koka-Koala!

167. Why don’t cats like online shopping?
They prefer a cat-alog.

168. What did the alpaca say to the blade of grass?
Nice knawing you!

169. What did the cat say on the telephone?
“Hi, Can you hear meow?”

170. What do you get if you cross a gold dog with a telephone?
A golden receiver!

171. How did the little Scottish dog feel when it saw a monster?
Terrier-fied!

172. Why did the dolphin cross the road?
To get to the other tide

173. Where do dolphins sleep?
In a water bed

Water bed

Image: IStock

174. How do electric eels taste?
Shocking

175. How much money does a skunk have?
A scent

176. Hippo 1: “You look like you’re gaining weight.”
Hippo 2: “That’s very hippo-critical of you.”

177. What do you call 100 rabbits walking backward?
A receding hare line

178. What do you call a sheep covered in chocolate?
A candy baa

179. Which species of snake is found on cars?
Windshield wiper

180. What did the coward dog scream on seeing ghosts?
Courage the Cowardly Dog

Illustration: Hilarious Animal Jokes For Kids To Laugh Loud

Animal Jokes For Kids_illustration

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. What makes animal jokes for children so funny?

Children enjoy animal jokes because they play with words. Animal puns are both intelligent and interesting. Humor can enhance cognitive development and strengthen social connections among peers.

2. Which animals are usually featured in animal jokes for kids?

Animal jokes are meant to introduce children to both domesticated and wild animals and birds. You will often come across dog jokes for kids and other animal puns for kids that can make your children ROFL.

3. What are some tips for coming up with funny animal jokes for kids?

Animal jokes mostly play with words, showcasing the perfect blend of wit and amusing humor. Ensure that the jokes you make are easily understood by the listener. They should be smart yet simple enough for anyone to catch the pun and enjoy it.

Children love memorizing jokes and cracking them in a comical way in front of their friends. Animal jokes for kids has a unique fan base and is sure to make you and your little one laugh hard. Sharing these humorous jokes can turn any boring day into an eventful one. Also, these jokes will bring you and your child closer to one another and strengthen your special bond. So read these jokes and quips with your child and craft beautiful memories to cherish for the rest of your life.

Infographic: Funny Animal Jokes To Make Children Laugh

Keeping a stack of funny jokes is a classic and cool way to become the center of the crowd, especially if there are kids around. Check out the infographic below to learn some funny jokes inspired by animals. However, ensure to keep your comic time on point to make these jokes more hilarious.

10 laugh out loud animal jokes for children (infographic)

Illustration: Momjunction Design Team

Key Pointers

  • Kids enjoy jokes about animals and other creatures as they bring a magical world of laughter.
  • Sharing these jokes brings joy and uplifts everyone’s mood at home.
  • Animal jokes are entertaining and educational, helping kids learn about different animals.
  • Memorizing and sharing jokes lets kids perform for friends and strengthens their bonds with loved ones.

Get ready to giggle with these hilarious animal jokes! This side-splitting video features the top 10 funniest jokes that will make kids of all ages roar with laughter.

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