ANIMAL FACTS

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Across
  1. 2. Sleeps up to 22 hours a day and has no folds or grooves on their brain
  2. 5. Differentiated from snakes by their external ears
  3. 6. While considered water fowl, they are not actually water-proof
  4. 8. An aquatic animal with 3 hearts, one pumps the blood around the body and the other two pump it to the gills.
  5. 9. The name for a female peacock
  6. 11. Not present throughout the entire province of Alberta
  7. 13. Slimiest animal in the world; can produce 1L of slime in less than a second
  8. 15. All members of this species are born male
Down
  1. 1. A type of shrimp that has claws which can accelerate as quickly as a .22-caliber bullet, their punches can break glass.
  2. 3. All 8 native Ontario species are considered at risk
  3. 4. the heaviest land mammal in North America
  4. 6. Can change its colour in 200 milliseconds; as fast as a human blink
  5. 7. Poops in cubes
  6. 10. Often a pet in North America but found natively in Europe
  7. 12. All species Have only one external gland on its body
  8. 14. An animal with a brain that operates at 15 Watts