Animal Howlers
Hunt's Howlers Encored—Animal Howlers
This page contains a selection of howlers relating to animals from Cecil Hunt's classic book of Howlers Encored, published in 1931. The selected extracts, edited and rearranged, are reproduced for readers in countries where Howlers Encored is in the public domain, which includes Australia. For other countries, please check your local copyright laws.
Cows and horses are the same animals. Cows are ladies and horses are gentlemen.
A Cattle is a shaggy kind of cow.
The fowl is a very clever animal. It lays eggs because we like them. When we don't like them they turn into chickens.
A young cow is sometimes called an ox.
In Africa the sheep's tails are not cut off, but the ends is made into butter.
A quadruped is someone who has four children all born at once.
A chameleon is a funny man.
Of course we know that muzzled dogs feel uncomfortable but we cannot please everybody.
If you put some eggs under the hen you will get young ones in three weeks time. We cannot keep doing that with the rooster because he will not sit.
The Polar bear is a posthumous animal.
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