Animal Defenses

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Across
  1. 3. a bombardier ___________ can spray a 212°F boiling chemical for defense!
  2. 4. camouflage creates this to completely fool the predator
  3. 7. an opossum can do this to fool predators
  4. 10. the snake that flattens neck. hisses. strikes closed mouth. flips upside down.
  5. 12. the american alligator carries hatchlings in this part of their body
  6. 13. how earwig hatchlings are kept safe
  7. 14. the killdeer faking an injury to protect their young
  8. 15. cygnets do this on their mother's back between her wings
  9. 16. up to 13 opossum joeys fit here
Down
  1. 1. what wolf spider young ride on for weeks
  2. 2. the hinged plate of an eastern box turtle
  3. 4. something a cicada killer wasp does to bring their young to the burrow
  4. 5. can use autotomy to stay safe
  5. 6. garden spiders web decor to deter birds
  6. 8. how a fawn stays safe in the wild
  7. 9. scorpion babies ride this way until first molt
  8. 11. stomp. raise tail. hiss. spray.
  9. 12. butterfly that uses aposematism for warning colors