What Bird Can Lift The Heaviest Weight?

What Bird Can Lift the Heaviest Weight? is a building-site riddle. Guess, then tap Show Answer.

Riddle: What bird can lift the heaviest weight?
Answer: crane

Need a hint?

Look up at a building site.

Answer and explanation (spoiler!)

The answer is a crane.

A crane is a tall, long-legged bird. A crane is also a huge machine that lifts heavy loads on building sites, so it can lift far more than any real bird.

The riddle uses the two meanings of “crane”.

Difficulty: Easy · Best for: ages 7 and up

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FAQ

Why is the machine called a crane?

Its long arm reminded people of the long neck of a crane bird.

Are there other answers?

Some joke “an eagle”, but crane is the clever answer.