The higher I climb, the hotter I engage, I can not escape my crystal cage. What am I?

Answer: Mercury in a thermometer.

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The king of the jungle, rare as gold, black as night, in light not there and night not seen. Goes in water, goes on trees, goes in caves, goes on the ground. Claws of knives, teeth of swords, roar of death but silent as a mouse. What is it?
The more you cut and the less you take, The bigger and smaller I get. What am I?
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The rich people want me, the poor people have me, if you eat me you die. What am I?
The strangest creature you'll ever find: Two eyes in front and many many more behind. What is it?
The tallest trees fall, at my glorious call, some may resist, but only for so long. What am I?
There are 10 bombs on the ground, 1 bomb explodes. How many bombs are there left?
There are 3 apples for 2 sons and 2 fathers to eat. Each of them get their own apple. How is it numerically possible?
There are 8 brothers. Brother 1 is playing checkers. Brother 2 is eating. Brother 3 is watching video games. Brother 4 is dancing. Brother 5 is texting. Brother 6 is at school. Brother 7 is sleeping. What is Brother 8 doing?
There are 8 pills. They are all the same size and color. One pill weighs slightly more and is poisonous. You have a balanced scale and you can only use it twice. How can you find the poisonous Pill?
There are two moms and two daughters. One mom is the daughters mom. The other mom is the mom's mom. One daughter is the mom for the little daughter. One daughter is the little daughter. How many people are all together?
There are two statues of pennies. One is highly tilted and one is perfectly straight.Which is to fall over first?