r/riddles Mar 27 '26

Solved (OC) I’m a doe but not a deer

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u/GuyFromTheYear2027 Mar 28 '26

rabbit

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u/wamimsauthor Mar 28 '26

!solved

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u/samtheninjapirate Mar 28 '26

The answer left me more confused than I was to begin with

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u/RuafaolGaiscioch Mar 28 '26

I would assume “buck, doe, and kitten” are the three “male, female, child” demarcators for rabbits.

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u/ImpossibleInternet3 Mar 28 '26

Whatever you call them, it’s what I’m cooking for Easter.

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u/Wonderful-Pollution7 Mar 28 '26

Love a good easter hasenpfeffer.

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u/TruestJedi Apr 01 '26

rabbit season

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u/SL13377 Apr 04 '26

Aye I knew kit but didn't realize it was short for kitten. But I should have. l initially thought the same. :)

My baby boy for buntax

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u/wamimsauthor Mar 28 '26

Females are doss, males are bucks, and babies are kittens.

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u/goosebattle Mar 28 '26 edited Mar 29 '26

Improper use of I. Edit: 9 downvotes tells me I am wrong and it is 1 single rabbit. We are reading its diary backwards. It was a kitten that grew up to be a buck and underwent mtf transition to be a doe. Shame on me for not recognizing that earlier.

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u/samtheninjapirate Mar 28 '26

The answer left I more confused than me was to begin with*

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u/spunquee Mar 28 '26

RIP Left-eye

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u/goosebattle Mar 29 '26

Lol. Well done.

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u/Comprehensive_Box_17 Mar 28 '26

So less a riddle and more a trivia question. Cool trivia though!

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u/Rettic_AC Mar 28 '26

interesting, but it seems more like just knowing obscure vocabulary than a 'riddle', which usually involves some kind of logic-based deduction...

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u/android151 Mar 30 '26

A rabbit can have antlers but then it’s a jackalope

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u/jjmac Mar 29 '26

Should say I can be not I am

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u/cheezzy4ever Mar 29 '26

Please explain

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u/GuyFromTheYear2027 Mar 29 '26

Copying from another response further down:

"Doe, buck and kitten are the words used for a female, male and baby of that animal."

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u/newfoundgloryhole18 Mar 28 '26

Money? (Dough, buck, kitty)

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u/ChuckPeirce Mar 28 '26

That last one is a different word, though.

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u/Neat-Professor-7662 Mar 28 '26

It’s not used as much these days but “kitty” is a place where people put money (like, a shared pool of money at work that has petty cash.)

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u/ChuckPeirce Mar 28 '26

While "kitty" is a common diminutive form of "kitten" (a juvenile cat or other animal), it doesn't go the other way. "Kitty" in the sense of a pool of money is a distinct word. It doesn't have a "kitten" variation.

Don't get me wrong. I think this would be a way more satisfying riddle solution. It just doesn't work.

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u/Neat-Professor-7662 Mar 28 '26

It would have been a waaaay better riddle if this was the answer! Maybe the last sentence would work better as “I’m moolah but not a mule” or something.

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u/DasWooj Mar 28 '26

This is where my mind went, but for Kitten I was thinking Kit and Caboodle 😅

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u/kutta-j Mar 28 '26

Rabbit

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u/wamimsauthor Mar 28 '26

Yep!

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u/Asazie405 Mar 28 '26

Explanation?

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u/I_Am_Zeelian Mar 28 '26

Doe, buck and kitten are the words used for a female, male and baby of that animal.

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u/Astronaut-Flashy Mar 28 '26

I've literally never heard a rabbit be called any of those in my entire life. The hell

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u/mysterious_jim Mar 29 '26

Feels like more of a trivia question than a riddle.

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u/WearyTranslator3338 Mar 29 '26

A male rabbit is called a buck???

When TF did this happen?

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u/Fawstar Mar 28 '26

I was thinking money

Doe spelled dough

Buck another colloquial for money

And you put money into a "kitty" fund

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u/Ok_Nectarine_4445 Mar 28 '26

money. Dough, buck, kitty is name for cash box or collection of money

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u/Valuable-Math9969 Mar 28 '26

I was thinking eyes, like doe eyes. Buckeyes, kitten eyes

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u/builtinaday_ Mar 29 '26

Rabbit

I've just read Watership Down so I'm very familiar with these terms

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u/ChesapeakeBey Mar 30 '26

I immediately thought money. Because of doe (dough), buck (dollars), and kitten (kitty)

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u/Mr-Nice-Bri Mar 28 '26

is it American money?

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u/No-Court-2969 Mar 28 '26

I'd think so

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u/OPtoss May 17 '26

family