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What Kind of Animal?

Question: What kind of animal is a hellbender?
Answer: The hellbender is a large salamander native to North America.
Question: What kind of animal is a grunt?
Answer: Grunts are any of about 150 species of marine fish in the family Haemulidae.
Question: What kind of animal is a racer?
Answer: Racers are nonvenomous snakes native to North and South America.
Question: What kind of animal is a gribble?
Answer: It is a wood-boring marine crustacean.
Question: What kind of fish is not referred to as scrod?
Answer: Scrod is a culinary term for whitefish, usually species such as cod, haddock, and pollock. Kathy Najimy’s character in Hocus Pocus suggests some delicious recipes, if you’re into seafood.
Question: What kind of animal is a gourami?
Answer: Gouramis are any of several species of fish native to Asia. They breathe air as well as water using a special organ and are related to Siamese fighting fish.
Question: What kind of animal is a kodkod?
Answer: The kodkod is a small South American cat.
Question: What kind of animal is a matamata?
Answer: The matamata is a South American turtle.
Question: What kind of animal is a silverside?
Answer: Silversides are small schooling fish.
Question: What kind of animal is a white-eye?
Answer: The white-eyes are small songbirds.
Question: What kind of animal is a thickknee?
Answer: Thickknees are a type of shorebird.
Question: What kind of animal is a bongo?
Answer: The bongo is an African forest antelope.
Question: What kind of animal is a kite?
Answer: A kite is a type of bird.
Question: What kind of animal is a spring peeper?
Answer: The spring peeper is a small woodland frog native to North America.